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“The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed”

Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Book:The Will to Power

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The Will to Power

Friedrich Nietzsche's influential work delves into the nature of power, its manifestation in human behavior, and its significance in the pursuit of individual and collective goals. more

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and writer whose works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, literature, and thought. His ideas revolve around concepts such as the 'will to power', the 'Übermensch', and the 'eternal recurrence'. more

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Religious distress is at the same time the expression of the real distress and also the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of the spiritless condition. It is the opium of the people.”

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Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Certain teachings in the Bible are as diamonds in a dung-heap.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political station. When a citizen gives his vote to a man of immorality , he abuses his civic responsibilty. He sacrifices not only his own interest but that of his neighbor, and he betrays the interest of his country.”

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Author:Noah Webster

“When you grow up in America things like Christianity waters down your feeling... When you're taught to love everybody, taught to love you're enemies, what value does that put on love?”

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Author:Marilyn Manson

“A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the lord in vain- then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?”

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Book:Job, a Comedy of Justice

Source: Job, a Comedy of Justice

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Author:Richard Baxter

“There is no god greater than truth.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.”

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Book:Human Nature in the Bible

Source: Human Nature in the Bible

“I pity the Jews trying to get through life with only half a Bible. That's like trying to get from here to San Francisco with a road map that stops at Dubuque, Iowa.”

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Book:Hocus Pocus

Source: Hocus Pocus