Character Quote by Dale McGowan

“values such as these derived from longstanding religious or communitarian practices.”

— Tony Judt

“Nowadays, the tendency to be preoccupied with having, at the expense of losing touch with the dimension of being, is becoming ever more pronounced.…

— Stephen Batchelor

“As we should know by now, it is as easy to make fun of religious or scientific visionaries as it is to idolize them.…

— Thomas Ligotti

“Where religious values might be relative, intellectual values fleeting, moral values ambiguous, and aesthetic values dependent upon an observer, the existence of any thing…

— John Gardner

“We can either emphasize those aspects of our traditions, religious or secular, that speak of hatred, exclusion, and suspicion or work with those that…

— Karen Armstrong

“If they ever envision Goodness as a thing that exists outside them, some real thing they’ve been called to participate in by their actions,…

— Geoffrey Wood

“We should also make ourselves aware that our cultural, ethical, religious, and intellectual traditions have all been profoundly affected by other peoples’.”

— Karen Armstrong

“We humanists try to behave as decently, as fairly, and as honorably as we can without any expectation of rewards or punishments in an…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“Our world needs us to show up and stand up for our beliefs. I just hope we're civil and respectful. When we degrade and…

— Brené Brown

“But our sexual and gender expressions are as integral to who we are as our religious upbringings are.”

— Nadia Bolz-Weber

“Secular society has been unfairly impoverished by the loss of an array of practices and themes which atheists typically find it impossible to live…

— Alain de Botton

“We have to embrace the values of morality and proper education in order to gain respect from the majority of the people who dwell…

— Saaif Alam