"Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?"

-- Zebulon Pike

#Passion Quotes #Weakening Quotes

“There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.”
“I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of God. That should be all that needs to be said about it: no evidence, no belief.”

Source : Dan Barker (1992). “Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist”, Freedom from Religion Fndtn
“Imagine that leader of all the enemy, in that great plain of Babylon, sitting on a sort of throne of smoking flame, a horrible and terrifying sight. Watch him calling together countless devils, to despatch them into different cities till the whole world is covered, forgetting no province or locality, no class or single individual.”
“When I was a kid I used to get fun out of my horrors.”
“I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this Earth to give us a breathing spell ... as we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which are God's true storehouse. We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.”
“I think that every single person should play sports.”
“Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.”
“Who am I, and where am I going? You are the answer to this question. You are here to ask the question, and to be the answer.”

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