"Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him."

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Helmut Schoeck

#Men Quotes #Envy Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“While we may continue to use the words smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may persist for certain purposes, the monopoly of those who believe in a single general intelligence has come to an end. Brain scientists and geneticists are documenting the incredible differentiation of human capacities, computer programmers are creating systems that are intelligent in different ways, and educators are freshly acknowledging that their students have distinctive strengths and weaknesses.”
“It is that dream we carry that something miraculous will happen that it must happen - that time will open that the heart will open that doors will open and that the rock face will open that springs will gush forth - that the dream will open and that one morning we'll glide in to a harbour we didn't know was there.”
“Thinking is difficult and sometimes unpleasant.”

Source : Dan Ariely (2009). “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions”, p.16, HarperCollins UK
“As in the pseudoscience of bloodletting, just so in the pseudoscience of city rebuilding and planning, years of learning and a plethora of subtle and complicated dogma have arisen on a foundation of nonsense.”
“I think we have got to get the Republicans and the Democrats to get back to what I call the fiscal conservative, the issues that drive the tea parties.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.”
“An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.”

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