"The idea, therefore, that religious faith is somehow a sacred human conventionâ€”distinguished, as it is, both by the extravagance of its claims and by the paucity of its evidenceâ€”is really too great a monstrosity to be appreciated in all its glory. Religious faith represents so uncompromising a misuse of the power of our minds that it forms a kind of perverse, cultural singularityâ€”a vanishing point beyond which rational discourse proves impossible."

-- Sam Harris

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“(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the opulent Methodists of Toronto. Methodism and money in this city have produced a sort of hell of dullness.”
“God does not change, but He uses changeâ€”to change us. He sends us on journeys that bring us to the end of ourselves. We often feel out of control, yet if we embrace His leading, we may find ourselves on the ride of our lives.”
“The Irish are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.”
“I ate everything - a lot of pizza, bags of chips and boxes of cookies. Now I love chicken, that's all I eat.”

Source : "Robert Iler". www.mirror.co.uk. August 6, 2005.
“A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today's competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join.”
“Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.”

Source : Alfred Armand Montapert (1986). “Pray to Win!: A Blueprint for Success”, Value Pub.
“Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in tongues of praise, the high note that smashes the glass and spills the liquid.”

Source : Jeanette Winterson (2013). “Written On The Body”, p.9, Random House
“It is the profoundest of cosmic ironies. The divine power, our true spiritual essence, does not achieve perfection until it hits the 'rock' bottom of the cosmos - the dense and crude earth. It remains imperfect until the moment of entombment for the simple reason that until that dark nadir is reached the experiential adventure of existence remains incomplete, and Self is not yet endowed with the entire spectrum of the light of consciousness - from spirit to matter - from the highest high to the lowest low.”

Source : Jason Augustus Newcomb, Lon Milo Duquette (2004). “The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power”, p.14, Weiser Books

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