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I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I’ve got what amounts to a religion, now.

— Ray Bradbury The Martian Chronicles (1950)

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There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

The first thing you learn in life is you’re a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you’re the same fool.

Dandelion Wine (1957)

Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.

Speech at Brown University (1995)

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953)

Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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