COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

5/21/2013

Quotes


"What gods are there, what gods have there ever been, that were not from man's imagination?" 
- Joseph Campbell


"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad." Friedrich Nietzsche


"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do." 
- John Ruskin


"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." Arthur C. Clarke


"For much of human history, it [religion] may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary?" Arthur C. Clarke


"Evolution offers a far richer and more spectacular vision than any religion." Richard Dawkins


"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." Friedrich Nietzsche


"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying." Kurt Vonnegut


"A good man's indifference is as good as any religion." Anton Chekhov


"The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool." Voltaire





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