"I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful."

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Christopher Hitchens

#Religious Quotes #Atheist Quotes #Church Quotes

“When you're young, you want to convince everyone that you're right and they're wrong. As you get older, it's not important if you are right or wrong, it's important that you work together with other people and get something done.”
“Greatness, with private men Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse; And we, whom, for our high births, they conclude The happy freemen, are the only slaves. Happy the golden mean!”
“What I feel for you canâ€™t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise â€” it beats words. It beats worlds. I promise”
“Nothing stirs God’s heart more than a humble heart and a merciful spirit. God responds to mercy, because it is through compassion that we fully come to know Him. This is the defining quality of a true follower of Christ. We are never closer to the heart of God than when we are forgiving someone. And we are never farther from it than when we are holding a grudge.”
“Work isn't really work for me.”

Source : "John W. Kluge, 95, RIP. Entrepreneur, Benefactor to Columbia University" by Dave Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2010.
“The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme.”
“If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the monsters would have gotten us or we would have killed each other off with greed and jealousy and anger. So we have to believe in good. We have to look for the good in ourselves.”
“Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.”

Source : "Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest and the Gender Investing Gap". Interview with Denver Frederick, www.denver-frederick.com. August 18, 2016.

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