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Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.

Denis Diderot

First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Delight Move Surprise Yourself
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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Fine Himself Live Man Peace Possession Purity Religious
I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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Expectation Finding Myself Truth
Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.
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Build Distance Infinite Mad Plain Separate Tower
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
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Anand Thakur
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Heart Known Wisdom
We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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Himself Passion Pleasure Source
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Anand Thakur
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Association Catch Ourselves Vice
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Evidence Question Truth
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul

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