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Quote #32

Calvin: Space travel makes you realize how small we really are. When you see Earth as a tiny blue speck in the infinite reaches of space, you have to wonder about the mysteries of creation. Surely we're all part of some great design, no more or less important than anything else in the universe. Surely everything fits together has a purpose, a reason for being. Doesn't it make you wonder? SOURCE: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Quote #31

Dean Galloway: Is there? Is it not possible that we are still living in the Dark Ages, still mocking the suggestion of 'mystical' forces that we cannot see or comprehend? History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that the strange ideas we deride today are will one day be our celebrated truths.I claim I can transform this pyramid with a touch of my finger, and you question my sanity. I would expect more from a historian. History is replete with great minds who have proclaimed the same thing . . . great minds who have all insisted that man possesses mystical abilities if which he is unaware. SOURCE: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Quote #30

What is evil, if not a natural law? Darkness followed light. Chaos followed order. Entropy was fundamental. Everything decayed. The perfectly ordered crystals eventually turned into random particles of dust.                                                                                             SOURCE: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Quote #29

Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.                                    SOURCE: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Quote #28

Trish Dunne: Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.                                            SOURCE: The Lost Symbol an Brown

Quote #27

Peter Solomon: The key to our scientific future is hidden in our past. SOURCE: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Quote #26

For centuries, the "brightest minds" on earth had ignored the ancient sciences, mocking them as ignorant superstitions, arming themselves instead with smug skepticism and dazzling new technologies--tools that led them only further from the truth. Every generation's breakthroughs are proven false by the next generation's technology. And so it had gone through the ages. The more man has learned, the more he realized that he did not know.                                                                                                                                                SOURCE: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Quote #25

Robert Langdon: Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.                                   SOURCE: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Quote #24

Camerlegno: We all benefit from a sense of contact with divinity. . . Even if it is only imagined. SOURCE: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Quote #23

When you're a black woman, her mother said, ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die. Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh. SOURCE :   Angels and Demons by Dan brown.

Quote #22

Nothing captures human interest like human tragedy.                                                                                        SOURCE: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Quote #21

Camerlegno: His Holiness once told me that a Pope is a man torn between two worlds. . . The real world and the divine. He warned that any church that ignored reality would not survive to enjoy the divine. The real world is upon us tonight. We would be vain to ignore it. Pride and precedent cannot overshadow reason.                              SOURCE: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Quote #20

Robert Langdon: You're telling me that CERN dug out millions of tons of earth just to smash tiny particles? Maximilian Kohler: Sometimes to find truth, one must move mountains.                             SOURCE: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Quote #19

Maximilian Kohler: Mr. Langdon, all questions were once spiritual. Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called on to fill in the gaps that science did not understand. The rising and setting of the Sun was once attributed to Helios and a flaming chariot. Earthquakes and tidal waves were the wrath of Poseidon. Science has now proven those gods to be false idols. Soon all gods will be proven to be false idols. Science has now provided answers to almost every question man can ask. There are only a few questions left, and they are the esoteric ones. Where do we come from? What are we doing here? What is the meaning of like and the universe?                                                                                   SOURCE: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Quote #18

Poet:  Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift                           SOURCE: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Quote #17

Albus Dumbledore: You know, the Stone was really not such a wonderful thing. As much as money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. SOURCE: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Quote #16

Albus Dumbledore: It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. SOURCE: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.Rowling

Quote #15

Albus Dumbledore: Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. . . SOURCE: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling  

Quote #14

Calvin: Doesn't it seem like everyone is shouting at each other nowadays? I think its because conflict is drama and drama is entertaining, and entertainment is marketable. Finding consensus and common ground is dull! Nobody wants to watch a civilized discussion that acknowledges ambiguity and complexity. We want to see fireworks! We want the sense of solidarity and identity that comes from having our interests narrowed and exploited by like-minded zealots! Talk show hosts, political candidates, news programs, special interest groups. . . They all become successful by reducing debates to the level of shouted rage. Nothing gets solved, but we're all entertained SOURCE: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Quote #13

Hobbes: You're going to juggle eggs? Calvin: It's a metaphor for life, Hobbes. Each egg represents one of life's concerns and the goal is to give each the appropriate amount of individual attention while simultaneously watching and guiding all the others. Life is about balance and staying quick while everything threatens to spin out of control! Hobbes: And sometimes we make a big mess of things. Calvin:  But the important thing is persistence. . .   SOURCE: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Quote #12

Calvin: The secret to getting donations is to depict everyone who disagrees with you as the enemy. Then you explain how they're systematically working to destroy everything you hold dear. It's a war of values! Rational discussion is hopeless! Compromise is unthinkable? Our only hope is well funded antagonism, so we need your money to keep up the fight! Hobbes: How cynically unconstructive. Calvin: Enmity sells. . . SOURCE: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Quote #11

Calvin: I am a great believer in the value of novelty. I say anything new is good by definition! It can   shock, insult or offend me, so long as it doesn't bore me! If you can't give me something new, then repackage the old so it looks new! Novelty is all that matters! I won't pay attention if it's not fresh and different! Hobbes: I see why timeless truth doesn't sell. Source: Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Quote #10

Calvin: Graphic violence in the media. Does it glamorize violence? Sure. Does it desensitize us to violence? Of course. Does it help us to tolerate violence? You bet. Does it stunt our fellow beings? Heck yes. Does it cause violence? SOURCE:  Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.

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