"Religious people ... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless. Yet too often, they will not extend that spirit to our fellow creatures."

-- Matthew Scully

#Religious Quotes #Views Quotes #Broken Quotes

“People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.”
“Funniness is genetic.”
“The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of our brains are in the same mode of searching when trying to understand reality, and when we come to a belief system that makes sense to us we hold it strongly, whether it's an atheist view, or a Christian view, or a Muslim view, whatever, then it's very hard to let go and I think it's so important to try to foster dialogue.”

Source : Interview with Rahasya Poe, lotusguide.com. September 1, 2010.
“Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.”

Source : Marshall B. Rosenberg (2004). “Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding”, p.31, PuddleDancer Press
“We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.”
“It's important for me to have hope because that's my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we're not going to leave them in a world that's in shambles, that's a chaotic place, that's a dangerous place.”
“That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.”
“I think FoxNews ratings are a reliable guide to the attitudes of the American electorate.”

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