"I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception."

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Source : Charles Bradlaugh (1875). “A Few Words About the Devil: And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays”, p.263, Library of Alexandria

Charles Bradlaugh

#Ideas Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Science clears the fields on which technology can build.”
“Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.”

Source : Frank Yerby (1972). “The girl from Storyville”
“A lot of people, when they say forgive and forget, they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they dont haunt you or handicap you or kill you.”
“We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.”
“Consumerism thrives on emotional voids.”
“Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.”
“Referees are only human, I think.”
“I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains the same - keep what's published in the form in which it appeared.”

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