"Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization."

-- Swami Vivekananda

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“I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.”
“The bullet that has hit us Muslims today left the gun centuries ago when we let the clergy decide that knowledge and education were not important.”

Source : Nadeem Aslam (2008). “The Wasted Vigil”, p.289, Faber & Faber
“You can take the woman outta the trash, but you can't take the trash out a the woman.”
“There is no doubt in my mind, after 37 years of study and investigation that the evidence is overwhelming that planet Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled vehicles whose origin is extraterrestrial. There are no acceptable arguments against flying saucer reality, only people who either haven't studied the relevant data or have a strong will not to believe that Earth is at the bottom of the heap sociologically and technologically in our local galactic neighborhood.”
“Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.”

Source : 1925 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ch.4.
“I banked my life on a miracle.”
“The reality is that if we in this rich, lucky quarter of the planet cannot make a stand for the 30 million other species we share this planet with, let alone our own species, then who can?”
“Today is the day you have to start believing in yourself. No one can do it for you anymore.”

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