"Man has existed for about a million years. He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer. Science, as a dominant factor in determining the belief of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years. In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force. When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life."

-- Bertrand Russell

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“There is not a greater paradox in nature,--than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.”
“Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power to suffer the unavoidable with dignity is lost.”

Source : Richard Von Krafft-Ebing (2013). “Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study”, p.418, Butterworth-Heinemann
“I've never really been into ghosts or spirits, and I've only had a couple of those kind of experiences.”
“There are so many people in the world, and I want to know them all but I donâ€™t even know my next-door neighborâ€™s name.”
“Mistakes are made in every other human endeavor. Why should nuclear weapons be exempt?”
“I have grown used to the fact that public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician.”
“Desire is something very egoistic. If you desire something, you also have to take the consequences of that. You have to study the market and see how it can go. I mean to become an artist... You never get the Nobel-price for example. You can normally never become a millionaire. Very few become millionaires, so the circumstances are very bad if one becomes an artist. And that should be taken into consideration.”

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“A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured that whatever you reach into will reach into you in turn.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.275, Penguin

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