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The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. – Richard Burton

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False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. – Richard Burton

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In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – Jane Smiley

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Religion

He who is near the Church is often far from God. – Proverb

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Religion

Wonder is the basis of worship. – Thomas Carlyle

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Religion

Attacks on a politicians identity – questioning Romneys religion, say, or Obamas birthplace – tend to come when an opponent is desperate and cant sell himself. – Jon Meacham

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Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The real difference between a mans scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge. – Edward Thorndike

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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. – Honore de Balzac

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Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women? – Virginia Woolf

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