It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.
-- D. H. Lawrence
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
-- Socrates
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
-- Dr. Robert Schuller
A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.
-- Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
-- Evan Esar, Esar's Comic Dictionary
I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'
-- Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts
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It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.
-- D. H. Lawrence
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
- H. L. Mencken
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car.
- Laurence J. Peter
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