"Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God, and even to go to war on God's behalf. This 'blasphemy of certainty' is also rife among secularists who in their case have not God but science or the proletariat on their side."

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Source : Stephen Prothero (2010). “God Is Not One”, p.356, ReadHowYouWant.com

Stephen Prothero

#Atheist Quotes #War Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“Deep down, I'm just a West Virginia hillbilly.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There were two good fellows I used to know. --How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List.”

Source : James Kenneth Stephen (1909). “Lapsus Calami and Other Verses”
“The worst walls are never the ones you find in your way. The worst walls are the ones you put there .”

Source : Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood (1980). “The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction”, p.227, Ultramarine Publishing
“Ever since I was really really little, I was just singing all the time. Like one of my favorite games when I was little would be to just have one of my sisters pick a title, and I would impromptu create that song.”
“I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and if it's a good work of art, these opinions become so deeply embedded in complexity and richness that I won't even be bothered by the opinions. I'll make my own mind up.'”
“Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.”

Source : John Barth (1984). “The Friday Book: Essays and Other Nonfiction”
“Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?”
“Love for one's country is part of faith.”

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