"Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave."

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Source : Frances Wright (1831). “A Few Days in Athens: Being the Translation of a Greek Manuscript Discovered in Herculaneum”, p.31

Frances Wright

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“Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their stories to be told, and that they will be applauded - and it's not about ego, it's about connection: that their pain is everybody else's pain.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
“There's some homophobia within black community, but there's some strong homophobia throughout the whole of American society as well, particularly throughout the South to a degree, whether white or black. And since many of us migrated from the South, that could be a strong connection along those lines.”
“Individuals who are uncomfortable with themselves sometimes emit vibes that make others uncomfortable.”
“Once you experience being loved when you are unworthy, being forgiven when you did something wrong, that moves you into non-dual thinking. You move from what I call meritocracy, quid pro quo thinking, to the huge ocean of grace, where you stop counting or calculating.”
“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.”

Source : FaceBook post by Philip Roth from Jul 27, 2011
“Education is key. I graduated from high school; everyone needs to.”
“First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.”

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