"I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And to be a peace marcher, an activist for civil rights, peace and justice."

-- Anne Lamott

#Religious Quotes #Rights Quotes #Justice Quotes

“If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility â€” just as they can be required to exercise responsibility in their resource-consumption patterns â€” providing they are not denied equal protection”
“I like people who possess either deep mastery or deep empathy, but not as much as I like those who possess both.”

Source : Sarah Manguso (2012). “The Guardians: An Elegy”, p.37, Granta Books
“The arts often realize human truths well before other branches of human endeavor.”
“Does it strike you, Mr. Keller, that we live every day in the science fiction of our youth?”
“The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic.”

Source : "Does Reason Lead to Atheism or Theism?". "Reasonable Faith Podcast" with Kevin Harris, www.reasonablefaith.org. July 23, 2012.
“And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.”
“It's not one of Bruno's fastest wins... but it's one of them.”
“When all of our idols are taken away, all our securities and defense mechanisms, we find out who we really are. Weâ€™re so little, so poor, so emptyand a shock to ourselves. But the Biblical God takes away our shame, and we are eventually able to present ourselves in an honest and humble form. Then we find out who we really are and who God is for usand it is more than enough. That is how an enslaved people became Godâ€™s people, Israel.”

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