Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

Quote by Anthony Storr

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The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous human...

The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous human...

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred...

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred...

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members...

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members...

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a...

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a...

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time...

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able...

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able...

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

If in doubt, worry or despair connect with the God light within you, the only...

If in doubt, worry or despair connect with the God light within you, the only...

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any...

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should...

We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there....

We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there....

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only...

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of...

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of...