“Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.”
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“Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.”
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“In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.”
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“It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.”
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“Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.”
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“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”
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“The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.”
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“Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.”
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“I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't.”
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“Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.”
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“It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.”
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