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"Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive."
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"The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority."
"He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing they hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish when all else is fading, is the consoling belief in the inferiority of others."
"Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival."
"A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility."
"Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority."
"The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world."
"Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive."
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"Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver."
"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."
"I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good."
"The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall."
"Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion."
"It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure."
"What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other."
"It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat."
"It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements."
"Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place."
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