"No man - prince, peasant, pope - has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien on truth, only a liberty to seek it, prove it in debate, and to be wrong a thousand times to reach a single rightness. It is that liberty they fear. They want us to be driven to God like sheep, not running to him like lovers, shouting joy!"

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Source : "The Heretic" by Morris West, 1968.

Morris West

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“Whateverâ€™s there to feel, feel it â€“ the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence. Get that part done â€“ the sooner the better. The only way around these things is through them.”
“I am endlessly fascinated by this notion that everyone has a secret. Some of our secrets are tiny, small things, and some of them are huge. Given that reality of the human condition, that's what our characters will go through. There will be some things where you'll just be like, "What the hell! How the hell did that happen?"”
“The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate.”
“I'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.”
“The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.”
“Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”
“Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.”
“The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.”

Source : "When is the right time to have a baby?" by Tony Parsons and Ken Livingstone, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2010.

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