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«All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.»
Author: Stendhal | About: Religion | Keywords: cleverness, fear, few, founded, founds, many, religions, The Fear
«Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.»
«The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said»
«The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.»
«If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.»
«All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it»
«No one is willing to acknowledge a fault in himself when a more agreeable motive can be found for the estrangement of his acquaintances»
«Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.»
«Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.»