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No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

No one is India.

No one is India.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it,...

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it,...