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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers a… — Bertrand Russell
To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world? — Christopher Hitchens
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator loaded with all the contradictions of the world. — Simone de Beauvoir
Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world. — John Burroughs
Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting about it. It is also… — Richard Dawkins
We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The beautification of the world is not a work of nature, but a work of art, then it involves an artist. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To do Mohammed justice, his main attack was against the idolatries of Asia. Only he thought, just as the Arians did and just as the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
...but out of the desert, from the dry places and the dreadful suns, come the cruel children of the lonely God; the real Unitarians who… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Knowing there is a world that will outlive you, there are people whose well-being depends on how you live your life, affects the way you… — Steven Pinker
Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the here-and-now instead of… — Michael Shermer
I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art or music or… — Daniel Dennett
The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors. — Penn Jillette
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay… — Albert Schweitzer
We talk to ourselves incessantly about our world. In fact we maintain our world with our internal talk. And whenever we finish talking to ourselves… — Carlos Castaneda
A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you… — Deepak Chopra
Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude. — Wallace D. Wattles
When faced with world problems - like hunger, overpopulation, nuclear weapons, the arms trade - you may be among those who are overwhelmed by a… — Scilla Elworthy
The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the relations of man to man.… — Albert Schweitzer

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