

“The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow

“[T]he infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.”
― Sceptical Essays
― Sceptical Essays

“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.”
― The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
― The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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