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Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. – Laurens van der Post

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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water. – Maya Angelou

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The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When I believe in nothing I do not want to meet you when you believe in nothing. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults –a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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