"To an even moderately sophisticated and well-read person it should come as no surprise that any religion at all has its hidden as well as its obvious beauties and is capable of profound and impressive interpretations. What is deeply objectionable about most of these interpretations is that they allow the believer to say Yes while evading any No."

--

Source : "The Faith of a Heretic" by Walter Kaufmann, 1959.

Walter Kaufmann

#Atheist Quotes #Profound Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“She had all the best things wrong with herâ€”incest, insanity, drug addiction, bulimia, alopecia: you name it. All the perfect stuff for a memoir. Sheâ€™s so lucky.”
“I know so many acting careers that are deliberately kickstarted by a publicist placing a bit of rubbish in a newspaper. And I don't want that. If someone recognises me, I want it to be because they've seen me in something, not because they have seen me at something.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.”
“Most of life is unbearable. Itâ€™s unbearable but we bear it”
“But maybe those things are like background noise if youâ€™re from here. Maybe you have to experience this as a whole new place to appreciate it like I do.”
“Creatives fail and the really good ones fail often.”

Source : "Einstein at the Beach: The Hidden Relationship Between Risk and Creativity" by Steven Kotler, www.forbes.com. October 11, 2012.
“Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.”

You may also like:

Alexander Nehamas
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Writer
Martin Buber
Philosopher
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
R. J. Hollingdale
Biographer
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher