“We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree. The reason perhaps is this: when we find others that agree with us, we seldom trouble ourselves to confirm that agreement; but when we chance on those who differ from us, we are zealous both to convince and to convert them. Our pride is hurt by the failure, and disappointed pride engenders hatred.” ReasonHateHurtChanceTroublePrideHatredAgreeConvinceAgreementDisappointedControversyLove One AnotherZealous Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Consider the possibility that I made a mistake I regret-and that I'll continue to regret that mistake and try to convince you to give me another chance until the earth stops turning.” GivingTryingMadeEarthChanceMistakePossibilityRegretGive MeConvinceMade A MistakeI RegretAnother ChanceI Made A Mistake Book:Hard Bitten: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel Source: Hard Bitten: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel
“My observation of the Universe convinces me that there are beings of intelligence and power of a far higher quality than anything we can conceive of as human; that they are not necessarily based on the cerebral and nervous structures that we know, and that the one and only chance for mankind to advance as a whole is for individuals to make contact with such beings.” KnowsHumansWholeUniverseIndividualChanceQualityMankindHigherStructureContactNervousObservationConvinceCerebral Author:Aleister Crowley
“Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.” ShouldTryingNightEnergyChanceMillionsTenRoundsConvinceHallsAtomsReservoirsSplittingAmmunitionGnatsSplitting The Atom Author:Ernest Rutherford