"We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent."

-- Abraham Flexner

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“There are two things in the world that can never get together- religion & common sense.”

Source : George William Foote (1893). “Flowers of Freethought”
“Astrology is a science in itself and contains an illuminating body of knowledge. It taught me many things and I am greatly indebted to it. Geophysical evidence reveals the power of the stars and the planets in relation to the terrestrial. In turn, astrology reinforces this power to some extent. This is why astrology is like a life-giving elixir to mankind.”
“For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.”
“The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar --- that's grits --- and good-looking women.”
“You deny that man is really so prejudiced as I suppose him; talk to him then of some foreign country, ask him what religion he is of.”
“An artist's sensitivity to criticism is, at least in part, an effort to keep unimpaired the zest, or confidence, or arrogance, which he needs to make creation possible; or an instinct to climb through his problems in his own way as he should, and must.”
“This is the treasure we need today - helping the child become independent of us and make his way by himself, receiving in return his gifts of hope and light.”
“If tribulation is a necessary element in redemption, we must anticipate that it will never cease till God sees the world to be either redeemed or no further redeemable.”

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