Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
-Seneca the Younger
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Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
-Gautama Buddha
The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
-Alan Lightman
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Only he can perpetrate violence on others, who knowingly or unknowingly is
torturing himself. Otherwise he, who loves himself, can never cause harm to
anyone.
-Deep Trivedi
Life without freedom is like a body without a soul, and freedom without thought is like a confused spirit…
-Khalil Gibran
Our aspirations, our affections, and our desires are turned towards the wrong things. And only when we turn them towards the right things will things get better.
-John Buchanan
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
-Carl Sagan
