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Mankind has been punished long and heavily for having created its gods; nothing but pain and persecution have been man's lot since gods began.

Emma Goldman (1915). “Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature”

We waste half our strength in a useless regretting; We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.665, Delphi Classics

The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.

Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.196, A&C Black

Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.

Edward De Bono (1991). “I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic”, Penguin Group USA