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Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servility crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth:
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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