"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."

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Source : Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.30, Publishdrive

Arthur Schopenhauer

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“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.”

Source : "The 7-Day Lean Challenge, Day 1: Have a Hearty Breakfast" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2012.
“Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on creating hungers which its wares never satisfy, and thus it adds to the frustrations and broken minds of our times.”
“We are currently not planning on conquering the world.”
“Put a 'stop-loss' order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.”
“I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over again. I don't think it's good to become so dependent on a certain writing process.”
“A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness. And yet our religious traditions are intellectually defunct and politically ruinous. While spiritual experience is clearly a natural propensity of the human mind, we need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to actualize it.”
“After a war, the silencing of arms is not enough. Peace means respecting all rights. You can't respect one of them and violate the others. When a society doesn't respect the rights of its citizens, it undermines peace and leads it back to war.”
“The mania is like wasps under the skin, like my head's going to explode with ideas.”

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