The absence of theistic belief...

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

No pope ever condemned slavery.

Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

The absence of theistic bel

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Many people go through life complaining, whining, and obsessing so much about what they don’t have that they are doing exactly what it takes to block it.

If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.

Poetry, I have discovered, is always unexpected and always as faithful and honest as dreams.

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.

People are just dumb. They misunderstand.

We work and that is godlike.

Every great movement in the world starts with a tiny group of people who simply refuse to accept a situation.

People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.