Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.
To save the world requires faith and courage faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true
When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.
Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.
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