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My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on…
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has…
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As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending…
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It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share…
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Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims…
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Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love,…
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I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in…
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Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic,…
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You…
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding…
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.
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There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to…
— Rumi
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Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
— Gerry Spence
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A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
— Clifton Fadiman
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Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief…
— Darin Strauss
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A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the…
— Isaac of Nineveh
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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
— Merle Shain
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Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to…
— Jack Vance
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See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks…
— Alexander Pope
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Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole time we…
— Rebecca Romijn
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In the family, life is brought not only to our doorstep, but into our kitchens, bedrooms, and dens. In the family, life…
— Paul David Tripp
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An old art spreading rumours about / Paradise, it begs outside the gates / Of the gods: the active gods come out.
— Peter Porter
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It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is, when tomorrow's burden is…
— George MacDonald
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