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History is a blood-drenched enigma and the world an error.


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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.



If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.



I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.



Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.



There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.



I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

I love the smell of book ink in the morning.



To survive, you must tell stories.

To survive, you must tell stories.



But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.



Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.



We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.





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A lively discussion is usually helpful, because the hottest fire makes the hardest steel.

A lively discussion is usually helpful, because the hottest fire makes the hardest steel.



Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell and being a part of the creation of the stuff that you do.

Especially in the world of comedy, it feels like you have to be proactive, in terms of pitching and trying to sell and being a part of the creation of the stuff that you do.



The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.



Of writing many books there is no end.

Of writing many books there is no end.



Religious distinctions are deeply important for many of the problems in today's Middle East, particularly between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria and Iraq.

Religious distinctions are deeply important for many of the problems in today's Middle East, particularly between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria and Iraq.



We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people

We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people



The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.

The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.




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