"I'm a hardened atheist but I feel that we have an inbuilt need for God. If you eradicate religion, you end up with something terrible in its place, like the communist state, as in Russia or China, where the dictator becomes the messiah figure."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Jonathan Trigell

#Atheist Quotes #Russia Quotes #Needs Quotes

“There is a constant and intimate contact among the things that coexist and co-evolve in the universe - a sharing of bonds and messages that makes reality into a stupendous network of interaction and communication.”

Source : Ervin Laszlo (1999). “The Whispering Pond: A Personal Guide to the Emerging Vision of Science”, Element Books, Limited
“To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.”
“There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise. Believe me, there was never any discussion of lip syncing or another voice or anything like that, because if the guy's going to hang out on the top of the Burj, he's not going to let anybody do his singing for him.”

Source : Source: www.moviesonline.ca
“So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my loneliness, in the blue-silver of the cold moon, shining brilliantly on the drifts of fresh-fallen snow, with the myriad sparkles. I talk to myself and look at the dark trees, blessedly neutral. So much easier than facing people, than having to look happy, invulnerable, clever.”
“When it gets harder to love, love harder.”

Source : FaceBook post by Van Jones from Nov 11, 2014
“Without Prayer nothing good is done. God's works are done with our hands joined, and on our knees. Even when we run, we must remain spiritually kneeling before Him.”
“My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere.”
“I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.”

Source : "Malala Yousafzai: 'Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons'". Speech at the United Nations, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2013.

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