"The story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing a murder on Jesus Christ, is the strangest system of religion ever set up."

-- Thomas Paine

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“Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?”
“Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.”

Source : "Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time". Book compiled by Laurence J. Peter, p. 100, 1979.
“There are, in truth, but two denominations upon this earth: the Church and the world.”
“Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide. If it were a person, it would laugh loudly in quiet restaurants, boastfully wear the wrong clothes for special occasions, and probably play hockey.”

Source : Craig Childs (1997). “Crossing Paths: Uncommon Encounters with Animals in the Wild”, Sasquatch Books
“As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way.”

Source : Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie (1988). “C Programming Language”, p.13, Prentice Hall
“You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.”
“The problem that is to solve urgently is the ignorance of the people.”
“People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This is work. The fun is afterwards, when you shake hands.”

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