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Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have a sound historical…

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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their…
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to…
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;…
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great…
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying…
Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied…
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about…
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

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These fiery trials are designed to make you stronger, but they have the potential to diminish or even destroy your trust in… — Neil L. Andersen
After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart. — Andy Andrews
We must take root; send out some little fibre at least, even every winter day. — Henry David Thoreau
The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them. — Joseph Henry
Belief has no place as far as science reaches, and may be first permitted to take root where science stops. — Rudolf Virchow
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root. — Ronald Reagan
Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the… — Llewellyn Rockwell
We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity… — Gabrielle Giffords
The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to… — Henri Nouwen
I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually… — Chen Shui-bian
We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take… — Mao Zedong

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