“Madness, it became convenient to believe quite early on, came with the territory, on the order of earthquakes.”
“For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”
“Jesuits so dominated the study of earthquakes that seismology became known as 'the Jesuit Science.”
“It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.”
“Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.”
“Believers infiltrate the enemy’s territory with knowledge and power.”