Addresses Quote by Henry Rollins

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

— W. H. Auden

Every culture has their myths that people are aware of and share.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Almost everything that gets called "universal truth" or "common sense" is actually cultural. And too easily twisted into justifications for all kinds of behavior.

— Greg Saunier

Even if it is true that all cultures share a common morality, why does this prove a supreme intelligence? After all, don't we humanists…

— Dan Barker

Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual…

— Tariq Ramadan

“Humans are unique in having the astonishing capacity to extend our sympathies far beyond the here and now. through time and space, to anywhere…

— Andrew Westoll

I've always been interested in what passes for what we call religion, what other cultures call their spiritual life.

— Mark Frost

Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world

— Matthew Arnold

Cultures are not the source of all morals, only a limited set of morals. Cultures can be graded and judged morally according to their…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

— Christopher Hitchens

in all cultures, human beings - in order to be human - must understand the nonhuman.

— Margaret Mead

There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them in concrete…

— Kwame Anthony Appiah