"To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is destructive to human life."

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Source : George H. Smith (2010). “Atheism: The Case Against God”, p.10, Prometheus Books

George H. Smith

#Human Life Quotes #Humans Quotes #Irrationality Quotes

“Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought to be. But no matter what political or religious direction such idealists choose, their visions always share one telling characteristic: in their utopias, heavens or brave new worlds, their greatest personal weakness suddenly appears to be a strength.”

Source : David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.320, Dial Press
“I think finals are there to be won, you know the feeling of losing a final is really bad. I prefer to lose a semi-final, quarter-final because I know I will forget... But the feeling of losing a final stays here forever. Even if you win two, three, four, five it stays. You know, Iâ€™m too scared to lose, so I give everything to win.”
“When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue, because, as men of science, they know that neither is infallible. But when two theologians differ, since there is no criteria to which either can appeal, there is nothing for it but mutual hatred and an open or covert appeal to force.”
“Etch out the future on your own design.”
“My work has changed my life. My work has saved my life. My life has changed my work.”
“Grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous”
“To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of all willing.”
“Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill”

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