In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
John Michell's The Dimensions of Paradise is inarguably among the most important Gnostic transmissions of recent generations. With his candid, uncomplicated style,… — Robert Lawlor Copy Share Image
What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Surely it must be plain that an ingenious man could speculate without end on both sides, and find analogies for all his… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
This hideous doctrine of eternal torment after death has probably caused more terror and misery, more cruelty and more violation of natural… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
And thus was kept the first Christmas, the Christmas in the year one, with carols by the choir of heaven, and God's… — George Hodges (theologian Copy Share Image
To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervor, to give wings of… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit. There is no other way… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an… — Joe Barton Copy Share Image
It is possible to analyze the biological and social influences that make each human being unique, unprecedented, and unrepeatable, but this analysis… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
I wish to add my mite towards expounding & interpreting the Almighty, & his laws & works, for the most effective use… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
“Women are no sheep. Women are no fragile showpiece to be placed above the fire-place. Women of the thinking society are the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Madame de Staël thought it was pride in mankind to endeavour to penetrate the secret of the universe; and speaking of the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The common class of mankind are actuated by no nobler principle than that of self-interest; this and this alone determines all adventurers… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
It is confidently expected that the period is at hand, when man, through ignorance, shall not much longer inflict unnecessary misery on… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
If everyone is a hero, then disasters and atrocities lose their meaning. It's only when certain people are heroes and others are… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Of all men living [priests] are our greatest enemies. If it were possible, they would extinguish the very light of nature, turn… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
“Mankind is nothing more than a parasitic tick gorging himself on temporary plenty while the seas are low and the climate is… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Each man, therefore, is the entire world, bearing within his genes a memory of all mankind. Or as Leibniz put it: ‘Every… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I'm very skeptical of the amount of money that goes into military expenditure, not just in the poor countries [but] also in… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Throughout history no one has suffered more than God. He has suffered because his own children fell away from him. Ever since… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity;… — Giacomo Meyerbeer Copy Share Image
The Vision of Christ that thou dost see, Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine is the Friend of all Mankind, Mine speaks… — William Blake Copy Share Image
If refined sense, and exalted sense, be not so useful as common sense, their rarity, their novelty, and the nobleness of their… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality!… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, If you are a rich man,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring is a demand of the clearest reason and if systematically… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is fashionable in some quarters to say our ancestors were all evil. I reject that notion. I also reject the elitist… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it… There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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