"There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author."

-- Marquis de Sade

#Wise Quotes #Nature Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.”
“As there is no darkness in the moonlight. So is Mustafa (Muhammad), the well wisher, bright.”
“Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for by other existences; no life flowers except on a cemetery.”
“In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions.”
“Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.”

Source : Djuna Barnes, Thomas Stearns Eliot (2006). “Nightwood”, p.138, New Directions Publishing
“You are wrong. The state and its existence are essential before everything else. All this preoccupation with liberty is not serious.”

Source : "TUNISIA: No Time for Democracy". content.time.com. September 29, 1958.
“I like listening to people talk about things that they love. They get to express things they don't normally get to express.”
“One very important difference between color and monochromatic photography is this: in black and white you suggest; in color you state. Much can be implied by suggestion, but statement demands certainty... absolute certainty.”

Source : Graham Howe, Paul Outerbridge, Jacqueline Markham (1980). “Paul Outerbridge, Jr: photographs”

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