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A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
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Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
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When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever I do…
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People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
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Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left…
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Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God in a…
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The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more bloody chronicle…
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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
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To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a…
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I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the…
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Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are…
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate…
— David Brin
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We have a tendency to make assumptions about everything! The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are truth. We…
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
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The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally,…
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The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
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Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not…
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
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But you are making assumptions without all the facts, and that's not a sign of intelligence.
— C.C. Hunter
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When I look back on mistakes I've made - like dumping my anger on someone, making assumptions in haste, partying too much,…
— Unknown Author
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We had two songs online before the album was out, people were already making assumptions about what kind of band we were…
— Ryan Ross
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