Rome Quotes by Brendan Myers

We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators…

— Brendan Myers

Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders…

— Brendan Myers

The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side.

— Brendan Myers

For those who struggle with anti-pagan prejudices and stereotypes, Humanist Paganism might be a powerful educational tool. It can show that a pagan can…

— Brendan Myers

“If one believes that God is up there in heaven, separate from the world, and is preparing a reward for you in the next…

— Brendan Myers

I've invented several games for use as teaching tools in my classroom: one of them, a game called 'Iron Age: Council of the Clans,'…

— Brendan Myers

The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This…

— Brendan Myers

It's clear to me that anyone, anywhere, can experience loneliness, isolation, solitude, and estrangement; and most people probably do encounter these things at some…

— Brendan Myers

People in minority religious communities, like Paganism, often feel isolated and even marginalized by others because of the lifestyle differences associated with their spiritual…

— Brendan Myers

There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has…

— Brendan Myers

If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually…

— Brendan Myers

The point of a philosophical spirit is to rely primarily upon one's own thinking.

— Brendan Myers