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humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





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Just because I'm a writer doesn't mean that my personal experiences are embellished. Every life has a story.

Just because I'm a writer doesn't mean that my personal experiences are embellished. Every life has a story.



Guide humbly.Guide happily.Guide hopefully.Guide honorably.

Guide humbly.Guide happily.Guide hopefully.Guide honorably.



Gossip is a policeman and a teacher. Without it, there would be chaos and ignorance.

Gossip is a policeman and a teacher. Without it, there would be chaos and ignorance.



It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.



No, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films.

No, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films.



I was drawn to the arts because I sensed that I was by nature Bohemian, and yet very conservative.

I was drawn to the arts because I sensed that I was by nature Bohemian, and yet very conservative.



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You suck. You suck diseased moose wang, Marcone.



At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but in what we agree with them.

At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but in what we agree with them.



In a stagnant environment the body-mind creates its own adversity – disease and fantasy.

In a stagnant environment the body-mind creates its own adversity – disease and fantasy.




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