"A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The pursuit of Enlightenment-era goals - solving our world's problems through rational discourse, rather than through religion and tradition - provides ample grounds for a purposive existence. It is not for nothing that the Enlightenment, when atheism truly began to take hold, was also known as the Age of Reason."

-- Jeffrey Tayler

#Our World Quotes #Goal Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.”
“The loss of love is a terrible thing; They lie who say that death is worse.”

Source : Countee Cullen (2013). “Countee Cullen: Collected Poems: (American Poets Project #32)”, p.107, Library of America
“In I'm Not A Racist, But..., Lawrence Blum offers answers for our time about what race is, who is a racist, and ways for people to talk about the racialized features of our society without falling into name-calling or defensiveness. With exemplary moral and analytic clarity, Blum offers educators, students, lawyers, judges, leaders, and citizens tools for building a nation of equality, comity, and respect for each person.”
“What [he] is apparently objecting to is that not everyone takes his beliefs seriously. Indeed, some don't seem to respect his beliefs at all, and actually poke fun at them. Well, I have news for [him]: that's the nature of a free society. Opinions don't necessarily merit respect; they must earn respect in the marketplace of ideas.”
“The State practices "violence," the individual must not do so. The state's behavior is violence, and it calls its violence "law"; that of the individual, "crime".”

Source : Max Stirner (1982). “The Ego and Its Own”, p.197, Rebel Press
“When I first hit the scene, it was just a lot of go, go, go, go, go. I have a lot of natural energy anyway, but it was over the top.”
“We are not sure of sorrow, And joy was never sure; Today will die tomorrow; Time stoops to no man's lure.”
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”

Source : "Notes On Journalism". Chicago Tribune, September 19, 1926.

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