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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal read more
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of God is still ahead of us; perhaps we shall have to colonize the stars before it is finally borne in upon us that God is not out there.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but read more
...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.
It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important read more
It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.
If someone were to prove to me -- right this minute -- that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it read more
If someone were to prove to me -- right this minute -- that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior.
