Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?

Isaac Asimov
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  2. The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread... - Cormac McCarthy

  3. If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere. - Groucho Marx

  4. Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. - Michel De Montaigne

  5. When people have invested their identities into clichés, the only counter argument they have is 'being offended'. - Stefan Molyneux

More Quotes By Isaac Asimov
  1. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

  2. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

  3. The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.

  4. Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

  5. It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

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