"Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics."

-- Barry Hughart

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“Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.”
“The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.”

Source : At the March on Washington, April 25, 1993.
“Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.”
“The Catholic Church must be the biggest corporation in the United States. We have a branch office in every neighborhood. Our assets and real estate holdings must exceed those of Standard Oil, A.T.&T., and U.S. Steel combined. And our roster of dues-paying members must be second only to the tax rolls of the United States Government.”
“Usually the hard stuff youâ€™re forced to do makes you learn a lot.”
“You can’t solve a spiritual problem with a military or political solution.”

Source : Jonathan Cahn (2012). “The Harbinger”, p.137, Charisma Media
“People are frightened of death, and the central lie of all religion is that thereâ€™s a cure for this and an exception weâ€™ve made in your own case: an eternal life offered if you make the right propitiations and the right abjections. Well, Iâ€™m sorry. I think that it's the height of immorality to lie to people like that. Thatâ€™s why [religion] survives.”
“How unbelievably naive we both were that night. We clung hard to each other, making vows we couldn't keep and should never have spoken aloud. That's how love is sometimes. I already loved him more than I'd ever loved anything or anyone. I knew he needed me absolutely, and I wanted him to go on needing me forever.”

Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.88, Ballantine Books

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