“The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo.”
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“Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.”
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
“Being is seeing in the human dimension.”
“There is a crack in everything God has made”
“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”