“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”
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If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
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Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.
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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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