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“The comfort of religion is like morphine: blissful, addictive, and built on the promise of escape from pain it helped create”

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Source: A Guide for the Perplexed

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Source: The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics

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Source: 4 3 2 1

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Book:The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness

Source: The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness

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