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"He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart."
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"It is the state of the heart within us that determines the nature of the triggers we will pull outside of us."

"The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart."

"I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart."

"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."

"Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean."

"Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart."

"Feel, now let your heart be your light; imagination is your way and bliss is your destination."
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"The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery."

"When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that."

"A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions."

"The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs."

"If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest."

"An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life."

"To sum up: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."

"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."

"This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation."
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