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To be feared is much safer then to be loved.

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Remember that the evil which is now in the world will only get more powerful, and that it is not evil which conquers evil, but only love.

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The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

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I wasted time, now time doth waste me.

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I must be an optimist, because a pessimist is never disappointed.

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I have learned that the less I pay attention, the more often I am pleasantly suprised.

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The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.

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Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

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If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

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Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. ...The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.

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