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Happiness is the china shop love is the bull.


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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.



On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.



The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.



The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.



Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.



Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.




The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.



It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.



Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.





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No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

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Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.



We cannot embrace the New Mind by just sitting around and talking about it. It demands that we alter not just our thinking, but our way of living down to the smallest details.

We cannot embrace the New Mind by just sitting around and talking about it. It demands that we alter not just our thinking, but our way of living down to the smallest details.



Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness.

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Concentrate on the Essence, concentrate on the Light.

Concentrate on the Essence, concentrate on the Light.



On parochial school I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

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Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.




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