"The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches."

-- Jeremy Bentham

#Atheism Quotes #Poison Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“[Islam] Leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left for Muslims lies in their observance of the God-made law.”

Source : "The Islamic Law & Constitution". Book by Abul A'la Maududi, Islamic Books, p. 74, 1980.
“A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it -- that alone can be like waking up from a dream.”

Source : Brother David Steindl-Rast (2008). “Words Of Common Sense”, p.10, Templeton Foundation Press
“Columbus was the first to come to the east. Vikings don't count, and neither do all the people who were standing on the beaches and waving when he got here.”
“You have to fall in love with hanging around words.”
“Get your customers involved in your business. Make them your partners and they'll never leave you.”
“The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.”
“I have gone around observing your activities from the outside. Because of this I have also been able to see things to which you have been blind... Every morning you have gone to work, but you have never been fully awake. Of course, you have seen the sun and the moon, the stars in the sky, and everything that moves, but you haven't really seen it at all. It is different for the Joker, because he was put into this world with a flaw: He sees too clearly and too much.”
“Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.”

Source : Isaac Watts (1806). “Logic, Or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth: With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as Well as in the Sciences”, p.174

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