“Faith is believing what you know ain't so.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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“Idleness is worst, Idleness alone is without hope: work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at almost all things. There is endless hope in work, were it even work at making money.”

― Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched...”

― C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”

― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.”

― J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“So spake the Fiend, and with necessity, the tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification; or he has some desire distinct from sense, which must be satisfied before he can be happy.”

― Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas

“Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding.”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

“We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.”

― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley

“I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind.”

― Jack London, Martin Eden

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