"The sceptics end in the infidelity which asserts the problem to be insoluble, or in the atheism which denies the existence of any orderly progress and governance of things: the men of genius propound solutions which grow into systems of Theology or of Philosophy, or veiled in musical language which suggests more than it asserts, take the shape of the Poetry of an epoch."

-- Thomas Huxley

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“It is always a problem to know what an image means.”
“Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.”
“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”
“How much easier is it to be generous than just.”

Source : Junius (1806). “The Letters of Junius Complete: Interspersed with the Letters and Articles to which He Replied, and with Notes, Biographical and Explanatory; Also a Prefatory Enquiry Respecting the Real Author”, p.191
“The father of confederation is deadlock.”
“I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy.”

Source : "Daemon". Book by Daniel Suarez, 2006.
“There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know, and you're on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It's wonderful.”
“I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter.”

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