In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
Biology occupies a position among the sciences at once marginal and central. Marginal because-the living world constituting but a tiny and very… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
“I might not have risen to destroy people's beliefs, but some beliefs do need destruction if the human society is meant to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What mischief have we done… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
For a deeply religious purpose, there are people who do not personally believe that abortion is acceptable. I understand that. But this… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
I shall not convert you at the end of my argument. I think the argument is sound. I hold that belief in… — Cornelius Van Til Copy Share Image
“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Employers should not be able to impose their religious beliefs on female employees, ignoring their individual health decisions and denying their right… — Dina Titus Copy Share Image
The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
My mom broke the mold. She put my brother and I first, always, and worked her fingers to the bone trying to… — Tim Howard Copy Share Image
“The belief of God is not a matter of common sense, or logic, or argument, but of feeling. It is as impossible… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
As soon as you awaken to the power you have, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage. Then you can… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The orthodox environmental theories [of heredity] have been accepted not because they have stood up under proper scientific investigations, but because they… — Arthur Jensen Copy Share Image
No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
A true spiritual teacher does not have anything to teach in the conventional sense of the word, does not have anything to… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
In the aftermath of the recent wave action in the Indian Ocean, even the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williamson [sic], proved… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Racism is nothing more than ignorance, we are in the dessert together at one time in our lives, we got segregated by… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
The darkness that we see in our world today is due to the disintegration of things out of harmony with God's laws.… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I believe that all genial classrooms share at least five characteristics that guide their instruction regardless of content or grade level. These… — Thomas Armstrong Copy Share Image
When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy .… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
It is always difficult to escape from youth; its hopefulness, its optimistic belief in the privileges of desire, its despair, and its… — Margery Allingham Copy Share Image
Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model is based upon the belief that everyone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe passionately that Christianity is a way of life, not a theological system with which one must be in intellectual agreement.… — Leslie Weatherhead Copy Share Image
Its unadulterated belief in the oneness of God and a practical application of the truth of the brotherhood of man for those… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Rise up, empower yourself and take a step. The only way to know that you still have some amount of strength in… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas all his… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
But, today, the idea of faith returns to me. Faith defies logic and propels us beyond hope because it is not attached… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
“Belief is like that, a circle, and often I find that the seemingly simplistic explanations from childhood for the unexplainable have merit,… — Frances A. Washburn Copy Share Image
We only have the public's belief in the rule of law and willingness to follow what it is that we decide. And… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
![“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in the matter, if atheism means simply not being a theist, then of course I'm an atheist. [Letter to Max Otto]” quote by John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1bb/john-dewey-545_atheism_i-feel-the-gods-are-pretty-dead-though-i_1765425.png)
![“The orthodox environmental theories [of heredity] have been accepted not because they have stood up under proper scientific investigations, but because they harmonize so well with our democratic belief in human equality.” quote by Arthur Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cb1/arthur-jensen-54877_accepted_the-orthodox-environmental-theories-of-h_2002575.jpg)
![“In the aftermath of the recent wave action in the Indian Ocean, even the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williamson [sic], proved himself a latter-day Voltairean by whimpering that he could see how this might shake belief in a friendly creator. Williamson is of course a notorious fool, who…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/eb3/christopher-hitchens-117_action_in-the-aftermath-of-the-recent-wave-acti_2727358.jpg)
