Quote by Christopher Hitchens
Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that disc

Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, its white noise. – Christopher Hitchens

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The advice Ive been giving to people all my life – that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you you cant give up politics, it wont give you up – was the advice I should have been taking myself. – Christopher Hitchens

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Politics
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There are people who cannot forget, as neither do I, the lesson of the years of the Indochina War. Which was, first, that the state is capable of being a murderer. A mass murderer, and a conspirator and a liar. – Christopher Hitchens

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War
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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, Well, good on you. See you there. – Christopher Hitchens

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Death
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There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I cant. What I cant take is when my older brother, whos everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I dont ever want to see that look in your eyes again. – M. Night Shyamalan

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Faith

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. – G. I. Gurdjieff

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Faith

Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality. – Phillip E. Johnson

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Faith

Faith is a state of openness or trust. – Alan Watts

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Faith

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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. – Sophocles

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Peace is the happy natural state of man war is corruption and disgrace. – James Thomson

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