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The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature.


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All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity.

All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity.



All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.

All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.



All religious notions are uniformly founded on authority; all the religions of the world forbid examination, and are not disposed that men should reason upon them.

All religious notions are uniformly founded on authority; all the religions of the world forbid examination, and are not disposed that men should reason upon them.



Nature, you say, is totally inexplicable without a God. That is to say, to explain what you understand very little, you have need of a cause which you understand not at all.

Nature, you say, is totally inexplicable without a God. That is to say, to explain what you understand very little, you have need of a cause which you understand not at all.



If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.

If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.



It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.

It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.



Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.



It is very strange that men should deny a Creator and yet attribute to themselves the power of creating eels.

It is very strange that men should deny a Creator and yet attribute to themselves the power of creating eels.



Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.

Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.



The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.

The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.





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It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

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... the strictness of to-day may have at any moment to be purchased by the laxity of to-morrow.

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At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.

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When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.




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