Quote #152

'When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane, not in all things, but in religious matters. When a thoughtful and unblessed Mohammedan examines the Westminster Catechism, he knows that beyond any question I am spiritually insane. I cannot prove to him that he is insane, because you never can prove anything to a lunatic - for that is a part of his insanity and the evidence of it. He cannot prove to me that I am insane, for my mind has the same defect that afflicts his... When I look around me, I am often troubled to see how many people are mad.'

More from Samuel Langhorne Clemens

  1. It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.
  2. A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on. (This has also been attributed to Winston Church…
  3. Humor must not professedly teach, and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.
  4. 'I once sent a telegram to 12 of my friends saying ALL IS DISCOVERED - FLEE AT ONCE. They all left town immediately.
  5. The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
  6. Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
  7. There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady re…
  8. Actions speak louder than words, but not nearly as often.

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