Quote by George Berkeley
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursue

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. – George Berkeley

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Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to our selves. That we have first raised a dust, and then complain, we cannot see. – George Berkeley

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Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it but the free-thinker alone is truly free. – George Berkeley

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That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow. – George Berkeley

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I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous – if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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Theres no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational. – Albert Ellis

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A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. – Charles Spurgeon

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Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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