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Not… what opinions are held, but… how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, [liberal] opinions are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment. – Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays, 1950

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When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, youre bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep! – Georges Bernanos

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Belief is a deception you play upon yourself…. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Belief

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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Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true. – Saint Bartholomew

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We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm were proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn. – Charles Vest

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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. – Anne Bronte

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