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 belief...

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Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.

When we learn to relax and simply be present for the animal without judgment, we will find it much easier to connect with animals, and in turn, we will begin to see better responses from them.

I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.

An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.

That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

It's hard to steer a parked car.

I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But I ask the Lord, please forgive me for the stuff I done trying to make a nickel.

But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17.

With a voice like Ella ringing out there's no way a band can lose.

It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice