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Life Quotes by Sam Harris
- Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims that never get…
- I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in any deep sense…
- It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige…
- People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power. The only thing we should…
- Liberals tend to understand that a person can be lucky or unlucky in all matters relevant to his success. Conservatives, however, often make a religious…
- There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view, some…
- Most seem to think that while a person may not be responsible for the opportunities he gets in life, each is entirely responsible for what…
- Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to…
- The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle