"It is thus religion infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity and fanaticism: if he has a heated imagination it drives him on to fury; if he has activity, it makes him a madman, who is frequently as cruel to himself, as he is dangerous and incommodious to others: if, on the contrary, he be phlegmatic or of a slothful habit, he becomes melancholy and is useless to society."

-- Baron d'Holbach

#Atheist Quotes #Men Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“[A certain class of explanations in science are] analgesics that dull the ache of incomprehension without removing the cause.”
“He [Michael Jackson] would choose specific moments. They were art history books that I prefer. They were paintings that he prefers. It's this dance back and forth. We were halfway through the dance. He died.”
“I like the Stooges. You know what movie I saw that I sort of discovered late was Jerry Lewis in 'The Nutty Professor'. I really liked that.”
“We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.”

Source : "Images of Kursk : History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943". Book by Nikolas Cornish, p. 6, 2002.
“Whatâ€™s the use of remembering anything? If it was unpleasant it was unpleasant and if it was pleasant itâ€™s over.”
“I think it is really a personal journey of purification, rather than whether something external is going to be good or bad. Anything external will always live in that polarity - a combination of good and bad.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Patience is a mind that is able to accept fully and happily, whatever occurs. It is much more than just gritting our teeth and putting up with things. Being patient means to welcome wholeheartedly whatever arises, having given up the idea that things should be other than what they are.”

Source : Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.319, Tharpa Publications UK
“It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.”

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