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“In matters of faith, inconvenient evidence is always suppressed while contradictions go unnoticed.”

Book:A view from the diners club: essays 1987-1991

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A view from the diners club: essays 1987-1991

This book is a compilation of essays written during the specified time frame, offering insights and reflections on various topics. more

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Gore Vidal

American writer, playwright, screenwriter, and critic. Known for his sharp political satire and profound historical insight, Vidal's work spans a variety of genres including novels, plays, screenplays, and criticism. more

“I love to think of the whole universe together as one eternal fact. I love to think that everything is alive; that crystallization is itself a step toward joy. I love to think that when a bud bursts into blossom: it feels a thrill. I love to have the universe full of feeling and full of joy, and not full of simple dead, inert matter, managed by an old bachelor for all eternity.”

Thinking Feels Matter Whole Facts Feelings Together Joy Universe Simple Steps Alive Eternal Eternity Thrill Bud Bachelors Together As One

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient's belief.”

Belief Prayer Patient Manifestation Working It Amulets

Author:Hippocrates

“All religious systems enslave the mind. Certain things are demanded-certain things must be believed-certain things must be done-and the man who becomes the subject or servant of this superstition must give up all idea of indivuality or hope of intellectual growth or progress.”

Men Giving Mind Ideas Done Certain Growth Religious Progress Subjects He Man Giving Up Intellectual Servant Superstitions Intellectual Growth

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“There is no doubt that every healthy, normal boy...should own a dog at some time in his life, preferably between the ages of forty-five and fifty.”

Should Age Boys Doubt Five Dog Healthy Normal No Doubt Fifty Forty

Author:Robert Benchley

“The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.”

Happens Next Literature Prophet Distressing

Author:Aldous Huxley

“I, who had had my heart full for hours, took advantage of an early moment of solitude, to cry in it very bitterly. Suddenly a little hairy head thrust itself from behind my pillow into my face, rubbing its ears and nose against me in a responsive agitation, and drying the tears as they came.”

Heart Littles Moments Faces Hours Behinds Cry Tears My Heart Solitude Advantage Ears Noses Pillow Thrust Agitation

Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Scrape the grey sky clean, realize that every dark cloud is a smokescreen meant to blind us from the truth”

Realizing Dark Sky Blind Clean Clouds Grey Dark Clouds Grey Skies

Author:Shane Koyczan

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