Common sense Quote by Daniel Waterman

“A knowledge of the truth depends not so much upon strength of intellect as upon pureness of purpose, the simplicity of an earnest, dependent…

— Ellen G. White

“Religious faith represents so uncompromising a misuse of the power of our minds that it forms a kind of perverse, cultural singularity ― a…

— Sam Harris

“Every religion, ideology and creed has its shadow, and no matter which creed you follow you should acknowledge your shadow and avoid the naïve…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“A misleading perception or false belief is increasingly being perpetuated that the unconscious or the intuitive is all that really matters in any spiritual…

— Anthon St. Maarten

“We are fools, not by our religious beliefs,however by what we are lead to believe by those who control what information we receive”

— kloby

“Mankind is flawed and to place absolute faith in it and it's understandings is flawed itself.”

— Chase Racek

“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.”

— Voltaire

“Anything can be misused. Furthermore, every individual has to assume responsibility for his or her own actions, even the poor and the young. A…

— Tom Robbins

“If there is an undeniable fact, attested to a thousand times by experience, it is the corrupting effect produced by authority on those who…

— Mikhail Bakunin

Religious faith obscures uncertainty where uncertainty . . . exists, allowing the unknown, the implausible, and the . . . false to achieve primacy over the facts.

— Sam Harris

The impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Defeasible beliefs provide the provisional certainty necessary to navigate an uncertain world.”

— John Brockman