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1. If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take thebible seriously, one must be already mad.

2. All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of thefew.

3. A delusion held by one person is a mental illness, held by a few is a cult,held by many is a religion.

4. Good people tend to do good, evil people tend to do evil, but for a goodperson to do evil that takes religion.

5. Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it fromreligious conviction.

6. Where belief in miracles exists, evidence will always be forthcoming toconfirm its existence. In the case of moving statues and paintings, the beliefproduces the hallucination and the hallucination confirms the belief.

7. Fighting a religious war is like fighting over who has the best imaginaryfriend.

8. Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have goodpeople doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good

people to do evil things, it takes religion.9. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you

do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, youwill understand why I dismiss yours.

10. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to dobecause I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

11. In the course of a successful reading, the psychic may provide most of thewords, but it is the client that provides most of the meaning and all of thesignificance.

12. It is to be noticed, indeed, that many who reject the idea that the ordinarysuperstitions have any real significance, are nevertheless unwilling to rundirectly counter to them.

13. "Lies are like cockroaches. Where there is one, there is always another, andanother."

14. Covenants struck without the sword are but words.15. When you do something over and over again expecting a different result

that is the definition of insanity.16. Practice without theory is blind. Theory without practice is empty.17. Any fool can keep a rule. God gave him a brain to know when to break the

rule.18. To seek the truth, one must read, listen carefully, double-check for clarity

and consistency, and be willing to be objective.19. People who do not have a creative or constructive talent have to exert their

egos in criticism.20. It is better to keep one's mouth shut and let people doubt whether one is afool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubts.

21. If you know what you know and know what you dont know, that is the trueknowledge.

22. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class hasalways fought the battles.

23. Palest ink is better than the best memory.24. It has been said that the primary difference between intelligence and

stupidity is that there are limits to intelligence.25. Be angry but do not sin in anger.26. The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows

why will always be his boss.27. Never pick fights with people who buy their ink by the barrel.

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28. Oderint dum metuan Let them hate us as long as they fear us.29. Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.30. If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty

desk?31. There are 10 types of people who understand binary: those who do and

those who don't.32. Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life.33. One mans magic is another mans engineering. Supernatural is a null word.34. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible,

he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible,he is very probably wrong.

35. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a littleway past them into the impossible.

36. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.37. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a

manner thats precise, predictive and reliable.38. When you have leverage, talk. When you dont have leverage, get some.

Then talk.39. We need to stick to the truth. For when we dont, half-truths eventually

become whole lies.