Demanding historical (or scientific) veracity as a prerequisite for truth is another kind of tunnel vision. To do so is to mistake poetry for prose.

[M]ore wars have been waged, more people killed, and more evil perpetrated in the name of religion than by any other institutional force in human history. The sad truth continues in our present day.

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged.

Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

It is easier to know the truth than to seek the truth.

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

The long historian of my country's woes.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.

Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain, so I spare you the inside view of my heart.

The bigger the crowd the better really! The noise calms your nerves.

I lay down the Position, That whatever a Conscience well directed allows us to do for the Advancement of Truth, an erroneous Conscience will warrant for advancing a suppos'd Truth.

Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.

Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.

Some of the best opportunities in the world are the most obvious ones.