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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.


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If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.



Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.



Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.



Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.



Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.



I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.



High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.



Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.



The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.



Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.

Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.





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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.



Bloom with hope! Breathe in with hope in your soul. Thrive on with endurance in your heart. Move on with a productive mind. Listen carefully to the soft message of whispering hope.

Bloom with hope! Breathe in with hope in your soul. Thrive on with endurance in your heart. Move on with a productive mind. Listen carefully to the soft message of whispering hope.



That was a good fight back in the gym,” he said. “But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.

That was a good fight back in the gym,” he said. “But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.



We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.



I'm interested in Buddhism. Of all the organized religions, that to me is the only one that makes even vague sense. I just don't have the discipline for that kind of practice.

I'm interested in Buddhism. Of all the organized religions, that to me is the only one that makes even vague sense. I just don't have the discipline for that kind of practice.



Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.

Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.



I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning.

I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and no great freedom that has not done it, in the beginning.



I'm not going to work in a place where I can't eat donuts.

I'm not going to work in a place where I can't eat donuts.



Go light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social life ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.

Go light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social life ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.



A gloss is a total system of perception and language.

A gloss is a total system of perception and language.




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