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I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.
Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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If really good people who are deeply committed and who are thriving spiritually have to beat down the nature with which they seem to have been born and cut themselves off from the full realization of love, how can that be pleasing to God?
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A large proportion of my best friends are a little bit crazy. ... I try to be cautious with my friends who are too sane. Depression is itself destructive, and it breeds destructive impulses: I am easily disappointed in people who don't get it.
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I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way.
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