Origin Quotes

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

“Sometimes, all you have to do is shift your perspective to see someone else’s truth.”

“May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.”

“Historically, the most dangerous men on earth were men of God…especially when their gods became threatened.”

“Love is a private thing. The world does not need to know.”

“Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is by making our lives masterpieces. We must seize every opportunity to show kindness and to love fully.”

“Love is not a finite emotion. We don’t have only so much to share.”

“Well, science and religion are not competitors, they’re two different languages trying to tell the same story. There’s room in this world for both.”

“My friends, I am not saying I know for a fact that there is no God. All I am saying is that if there is a divine force behind the universe, it is laughing hysterically at the religions we’ve created in an attempt to define it.”

“Love is not a finite emotion. We don’t have only so much to share. Our hearts create love as we need it.”

“To permit ignorance is to empower it.”

“For the human brain,” Edmond explained, “any answer is better than no answer. We feel enormous discomfort when faced with ‘insufficient data,’ and so our brains invent the data—offering us, at the very least, the illusion of order—creating myriad philosophies, mythologies, and religions to reassure us that there is indeed an order and structure to the unseen world.”

“And history has proven repeatedly that lunatics will rise to power again and again on tidal waves of aggressive nationalism and intolerance, even in places where it seems utterly incomprehensible.”