#eli

The Bible may be an arresting and poetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should give your children to form their morals. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#good #religion #sicence #religion

It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#associate #borrowing #death #i #i can

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. ↗

— Homer

#admirable #confounding #delighting #eye #friends

Sometimes Queens' music is dark, but somehow it's ok to deliver it with a smile on your face because thing's are still going to kick in. ↗

— Joshua Homme

#dark #deliver #face #going #kick

I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option. ↗

— Deborah Feldman

#reincarnation #religion #religion

I sincerely believe blogging can save America. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#believe #blogging #i #save #sincerely

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? ↗

— Bell Hooks

#always #believe #capacity #compassion #enough

If you do goodness, do it in the name of goodness, not in the name of a religion! All goodnesses should be nameless! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#religion

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#already #believe #between #equality #even

The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#deliver #democratic #democratic process #elected #governing