Quote by Thomas Paine
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithf

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. – Thomas Paine

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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. – Thomas Paine

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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. – Thomas Paine

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Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. – Thomas Paine

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A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Well, there are two kinds of happiness, grounded and ungrounded. Ungrounded happiness is cheesy and not based on reality. Grounded happiness is informed happiness based on the knowledge that the world sometimes sucks, but even then you have to believe in yourself. – Andy Grammer

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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? – Albert Camus

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Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you. – Aron Ralston

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Strange how we decorate pain. – Margaret Atwood

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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. – H. L. Mencken

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