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What could be more foolish than to base one's entire view of life on ideas that, however plausible at the time, now appear to be… — Francis Crick
True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps. Indeed, if you are religious, you don't have to be crazy in… — Daniel Dennett
In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple,… — Mark Twain
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to… — Bertrand Russell
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But… — Bertrand Russell
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
The theory that thought is merely a movement in the brain is, in my opinion, nonsense; for if so, that theory itself would be merely… — C.S. Lewis
Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true. — Albert Einstein
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
I do think the Roman Catholic religion is a disease of the mind which has a particular epidemiology similar to that of a virus... Religion… — Richard Dawkins
To limit yourself to a label of "alcoholic" is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come to… — Deepak Chopra
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is without a Minde.… — Francis Bacon
For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need of it, he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I don't have an issue with what you do in the church but I'm going to be up in your face if you're going to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on what can be… — Dan Barker
And it is true that life lacks the monotony of museums. There come days which seem worthy of being framed, but they are so full… — Italo Svevo
I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked… — M. Scott Peck
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect… — Edward Abbey
To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love. — Sharon Salzberg
The Divine rejoices in your being happy. God, or the Creation, is so happy when you are happy. When you dance, sing, and jump up… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. — Alexander Hamilton
I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning… — Martin Luther
I have dedicated my time here on earth to find the tools that can help each of us experience an extraordinary quality of life. I… — Tony Robbins
It is the greatest of crimes to depress true art and science. — William Blake
Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion (in the true sense of the word: 'binding back', 'binding' to the unknowable, transcending reason,… — Gerhard Richter

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