"There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion."

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Source : Will Durant, Ariel Durant (2012). “The Lessons of History”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

Will Durant

#Religion Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Maintaining Quotes

“There are genocidal tendencies that are at the heart of the human potential, and I think if we don't talk about it, we're not preparing ourselves for a better future.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“Think of something new youâ€™ve actually learned in the past week; if you canâ€™t think of anything, get comfortable where youâ€™re at because youâ€™re not going anywhere. To stop learning is to stop living.”
“[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.”
“Get Comfortable being uncomfortable”
“When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive.”
“There is nothing wrong with being poor; but there is everything wrong with remaining poor after you have discovered your riches in Christ.”

Source : The Daily Telegraph, 1977.
“The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a box of tricks to prove its divine authority.”
“The evidence would suggest that there are some great alternative certification programmes and some lousy ones. There are some wonderful traditional education schools, and some that aren't so effective. What's important is less the pathway than the impact on students.”

Source : Source: www.economist.com

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