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Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.
Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred read more
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.
Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.
If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.
If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the read more
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.
None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly read more
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them by refusing to acknowledge the facts.
Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his read more
Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.