“But I can't. Need is not quite belief.”
“Need is not quite belief.”
“God loves you, they say in the churches, God is everything. People who believe that don't need admiration, they don't need to sleep with a man, they feel safe. But I can't invent a belief.”
“You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe”
“A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.”
“I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.”