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Religions, which condemn the pleasures

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
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Men fear thought as they

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth more than ruin more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
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Indignation is a submission of

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.
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The good life is one

The good life is one inspired by life and guided by knowledge.
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One of the signs of

One of the signs of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
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A truer image of the

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.
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Many people would sooner die

Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
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One should respect public opinion

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
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We know too much and

We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.
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The man who suffers from

The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe the thing that appears to him of most importance is that he himself should be virtuous. It is a grave defect in certain forms of traditional religion that they have encouraged this particular kind of self-absorption.
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