Atheism Quote by James Clavell Download Open image “First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.” — James Clavell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Atheism Atheist Firsts Priests
“1510, Bartolomé de Las Casas had accumulated land and captives as well as his ordination papers as the Americas’ first priest.” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“The Spaniards forced popery upon the inhabitants of South-America, and the Portuguese in Asia. The Jesuits were sent into China in 1552. Xavier, whom… — William Carey Copy Share Image
In the case of the brujos, the sorcerers in Mexico, the Spanish Conquest forced them to develop their second attention. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Once the high priests and the traders took over, we were lost as a species. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“The magnitude of these shattering changes can perhaps be grasped by imagining that the invasion had been in the reverse direction and that the… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. — Mark the Evangelist Copy Share Image
At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
“Almost everywhere the missionaries travelled, entire families would come running out of their dusty village, entreating them with signs to come and pour the… — Francis Johnston Copy Share Image
Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before."… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Like dew I was born Like dew I vanish ..and all that I have ever done Is but a dream Within a dream” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“all the people have a right to vote, and no single man ever controls the destiny of any nation, either by divine right or… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun. — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami. The law… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Changi became my university instead of my prison. Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life - the high and the… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“Only merchants have money to waste, and what are they but parasites who create nothing, grow nothing, make nothing but feed off another's labor?” — James Clavell Copy Share Image
“The Scots knew that the burning of a cross was a summons to the clan, and to all the kinsmen of all kindred clans:… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You cannot ... transmute some incoherent mixture of words into sense merely by introducing the three-letter word "God" to be its grammatical subject. — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
