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I don't believe in evolution, like people believe in God ... Science and technology are not advanced by people who believe, but by people who don't know but are doing their best to find out.

— Terry Pratchett

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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

The Nome Trilogy (1989)

Charity ain’t giving people what you wants to give, it’s giving people what they need to get.

Hogfather (1996)

I don't think I've found God, but I may have seen where gods come from.

I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist (2008)

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person.

The Carpet People (1971)

Dodger lived in a world where nobody asked questions apart from: “How much?” and “What’s in it for me?”

Dodger (2012)

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

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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)

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis (1901)

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