Facts Quotes
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In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating than the universal occurrence of…
— E. O. Wilson
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in…
— Clarence Darrow
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I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition.…
— Millard Fillmore
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Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a worldview despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When…
— Bill Moyers
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Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men's…
— David Hume
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The plain fact is: religion must die for mankind to live.
— Bill Maher
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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I…
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the…
— Agnes Martin
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It's humbling to realise that the developmental gulf between a miniscule ant colony and our modern human civilisation is only a tiny fraction of the…
— Michio Kaku
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With disdain I will throw my gauntlet full in the fact of the world and see the collapse of this pygmy giant. Then will I…
— Karl Marx
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The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just reasoner…
— David Hume
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"Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange…
— Ayn Rand
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If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how then with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will…
— Herman Melville
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It is difficult to imagine anyone having any real hopes for the human race in the face of the fact that the great majority of…
— H. L. Mencken
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Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject conflicting…
— Ian Stevenson
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That's very cool. Well, that's great. If I were to cater to Kanye, he would know that I'm catering to him. The fact that I…
— Kanye West
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The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It is through the…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational
— Ricky Gervais
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.
— Sharon Salzberg
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Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature…
— Paul Brunton
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This is the way of meditation: encountering the present in all its tremendous beauty, just being in the present. Inside, the mind stops. Outside, the…
— Rajneesh
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My meditation techniques ARE dangerous. In fact there cannot be any meditation techniques which are not dangerous. If they are not dangerous, they are not…
— Rajneesh
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In fact everything can become a sort of meditation, because in everything there are two dimensions - just as there are in the first breath:…
— Rajneesh
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Real music will make you more and more refined. It will become more and more silent. In fact, real music will help you to listen…
— Rajneesh
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Fears are a complete waste of your time. Nine times out of ten, whatever you're afraid of is not dangerous or life threatening. In fact,…
— Sean Stephenson
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