All voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.
The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.
Nothing is sillier than this charge of plagiarism. There is no sixth commandment in art. The poet dare help himself wherever he lists, wherever he finds material suited to his work. He may even appropriate entire columns with their carved capitals, if the temple he thus supports be a beautiful one. Goethe understood this very well, and so did Shakespeare before him.
There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in the Bible. It is Shakespeare.
The more i get to know people, the more i like dogs.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
People who had empires, unfortunately, want them back eventually, somehow, someway.
Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration.
In life you must often choose between getting a job done or getting credit for it. In science, the most important thing is not the ideas you have but the decision which ones you choose to pursue. If you have an idea and are not doing anything with it, why spoil someone else's fun by publishing it?
Always do more than is required of you.