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There is no blindness more insidious, more fatal, than this race for profit.
—Helen Keller, 1928In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1830People living deeply have no fear of death.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897Anyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500An irreligious man is not one who denies the gods of the majority, but one who applies to the gods the opinions of the majority. For what most men say about the gods are not ideas derived from sensation, but false opinions, according to which the greatest evils come to the wicked, and the greatest blessings come to the good from the gods.
—Epicurus, c. 250 BCTalk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
—C.S. Lewis, 1961Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
—Jonathan Swift, 1738‘Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
—Walter Pater, 1873All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.
—Max Born, 1968Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942