#human

God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was quite the other way about, which is the painless explanation for the profusion of gods and religions, and the fratricide both between and among faiths, that we see all about us and that has so retarded the development of civilization. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#free-inquiry #humanism #science #faith

My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being...When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hangups...I want to speak to their souls. ↗

— John Coltrane

#humanity #music #soul #faith

But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I'm only Human. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#faith

I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man. ↗

— José Rizal

#humanity #faith

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. ↗

— Sam Harris

#atheism #belief #ethics #humanism #religion

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character ↗

— Robert Browning

#paracelsus #robert-browning #faith

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons. ↗

— John Paul II

#human-sexuality #theology #theology-of-the-body #faith

Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world. ↗

— Sam Harris

#atheism #belief #ethics #humanism #religion

The inherent prejudice in unnaturally-produced nationalism causes a form of cultural blindness, which prevents us from seeing the obvious ways we could co-exist in the world as a co-operative human family. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#culture #humanity #prejudices-nationalism #family

‎Does anyone truly understand females? ...Their behavior is opposite of everything in the natural order and flies in the face of logic. ↗

— Mary Lydon Simonsen

#females #human #lydon #mary #mr-darcy