"Commentators who today talk of 'The Dark Ages' when faith instead of reason was said to ruthlessly rule, have for their animadversions only the excuse of perfect ignorance. Both Aquinas' intellectual gifts and his religious nature were of a kind that is no longer commonly seen in the Western world."

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Source : David Berlinski (2009). “The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions”, p.65, Basic Books

David Berlinski

#Religious Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Dark Quotes

“I did see 'Les Miz' and I thought it was just incredible. Totally incredible. I love 'Chicago,' too.”
“Every time you read something about Rolling Stones it always mentions their age and how long can they go on? I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I guess because it originally started out to be a teenage rebellion.”
“Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life...”
“I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.”

Source : FaceBook post by Levon Helm from Sep 02, 2014
“Melting pot Harlem-Harlem of honey and chocolate and caramel and rum and vinegar and lemon and lime and gall. Dusky dream Harlem rumbling into a nightmare tunnel where the subway from the Bronx keeps right on downtown.”
“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”
“Happiness worth having is the warm glow that comes from investing ourselves in the world around us, come what may. It cannot be passively consumed or gulped down like a sugary drink. Happiness must be created by own ingenuity.”
“I crave the indulgence of my senses but this is countered by an interior desire that is even keener than my senses to know the meaning of things”

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