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A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said read more
A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad. "You must have little to do," said the man. The next day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. "Why do you weep now?" asked the man. "I am weeping because I have nothing to eat," said the lad. "I thought it would come to that," said the man.
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the read more
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted read more
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.
Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.
