"Religions are tough. Either they make no contentions which are subject to disproof or they quickly redesign doctrine after disproof. ... near the core of the religious experience is something remarkably resistant to rational inquiry."

-- Carl Sagan

#Religious Quotes #Doctrine Quotes #Inquiry Quotes

“They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left.”

Source : "Light & Shadows". Interview with David Steinberg, www.laweekly.com. March 4, 1998.
“If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.”
“Popularity can be a real headache.”

Source : Michele Jaffe (2010). “Rosebush”, p.237, Penguin
“Convictions no doubt have to be modified or expanded to meet changing conditions but ... to be a reliable political leader sooner or later your anchors must hold fast where other men's drag.”
“We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.”
“I am a child of America. If ever I'm sent to Death Row for my revolutionary 'crimes,' I'll order as my last meal: a hamburger, french fries, and a coke.”
“I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky; It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy.”
“I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.”

Source : "Marissa Mayer: Six life lessons from Yahoo CEO" by Rose Hoare, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2012.

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