The three monotheism share a series of identical forms of aversion: hatred of reason and intelligence; hatred of freedom; hatred of all… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a… — William James Copy Share Image
I've always had some sort of affinity for the ends of things. It depends on the song, I try to explore it… — Chelsea Wolfe Copy Share Image
When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more… — David Hume 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
If you think you have no power over what happens in the outside world, this is a belief and an agreement you… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
I look forward to the time when the churches come to celebrate and honour the work of animal protection as an imperative… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of Ramadan means… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The disenfranchised offspring, along with an entire ageless class of human discards, know only that they are doomed. They are drawn to… — Adam Parfrey Copy Share Image
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as "a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
We consult astrology charts like the Babylonians, try to make our children into our own image with a firm hand like the… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
The essence of the this-time-is-different syndrome is...rooted in the firmly held belief that financial crises are things that happen to other people… — Carmen Reinhart Copy Share Image
In England Giordano Bruno had given lectures on the plurality of worlds, and in that country had written, in Italian, his most… — John William Draper Copy Share Image
Beliefs constitute the basic stratum, that which lies deepest, in the architecture of our life. By them we live, and by the… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
People who think they have no belief quite often say they want to pray but they do not know who or what… — Herbert McCabe Copy Share Image
And that is enough to raise your thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching them―noticing them―that was essential. If you did not in your own… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
God is bigger than time, dates, and appointments. He wants you to move through this day with a quiet heart, an inward… — Roy Lessin Copy Share Image
When someone says "that resonates with me" what they are saying is "I agree with you" or "I align with you." Once… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true… — Frank Knox Copy Share Image
This one question-'What do I know for certain?'-is tremendously powerful. When you look deeply into this question, it actually destroys your world.… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
We are for aiding our allies by sharing of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental beliefs, but… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The world in which we live would benefit greatly if men and women everywhere would exercise the pure love of Christ, which… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
I think that the only choice that we have in life is whether we align ourselves with God or not. I think… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I ask but one thing of you, only one, That always you will be my dream of you; That never shall I… — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
Seeing a patter doesn't mean you know how to put it all together. Take baby steps: don't focus on the folks whose… — Kate Jacobs Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ...… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
“Reading a book about something can be an obstacle to doing it because it gives you the impression that you are doing… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
You can't bullet-point Trump's political beliefs because he doesn't have them. He's got various things he wants, needs, wants to accomplish, based… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Listening to her, one experienced a deep uneasiness as of having avoided an urgent responsibility, like someone who, walking at night along… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
