"I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about socialism and humanism and the other great ideas that have shaped political philosophies and therefore the course of human events."

-- Steven Pinker

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“Be sure that debt does not exceed 100% of the equity.”
“History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible.”

Source : Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2008). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, p.33, Vintage
“I just want to keep living the dream. So I'm telling you, my friend, help me keep living the dream.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. God sometimes sends a famine, sometimes a pestilence, and sometimes a hero, for the chastisement of mankind; none of them surely for our admiration.”
“Be calm. God awaits you at the door.”
“When I breathe, This sound in my chest Lonelier than the winter wind”

Source : Takuboku Ishikawa (2011). “Romaji Diary and Sad Toys”, p.134, Tuttle Publishing
“Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.”
“Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.”

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