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“To those who had ordered them to death one of them said: 'We die because the people are asleep... you will die because the people will awaken'.”
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“If we would know what heaven is before we come thither, let us retire into the depths of our own spirits, and we shall find it there among holy thoughts and feelings.”
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“Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today, these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems... Whether we like it or not, the world is gravitating towards faith in the Almighty and justice and the will of God will prevail over all things.”
Source : "Iran Leader Says Western-Style Democracy Has Failed". abcnews.go.com. May 9, 2006. 
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“It's not easy to change world views. Faith has its own momentum and belief is comfortable. To restructure reality is traumatic and scary. That is why many intelligent people continue to believe: unbelief is an unknown.”
Source : Dan Barker (1992). “Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist”, Freedom from Religion Fndtn
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“Well I think effects are tools”
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“If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.”
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“When a knot gets to tight, you can always cut the rope”
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“Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.”
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“People like to think the worst. They like to have hushed gossip sessions and point their fingers at someone's problems that are more obvious than their own.”
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“When people concentrate on the idea of beauty, they are, without realizing it, confronted with the darkest thoughts that exist in this world. That, I suppose, is how human beings are made.”
