“reason is the greatest enemy that faith has”

― Martin Luther, Table Talk

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“Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it?”

― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

“So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.”

― John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

“My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world, and in general, accustom myself to the persuasion that, except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in...”

― René Descartes, Discourse on the Method

“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

“Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor.”

― Theodore Roosevelt, State of the Union Address

“I am at peace with God, my conflict is with man.”

― Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography

“When you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for anything. They can't bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering...”

― George Orwell, 1984

“The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”

― Plato, The Republic

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?”

― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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