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There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the...more

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God is a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.

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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almo...more

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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

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Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is saf...more

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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

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If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder.