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My people are going to learn the principles of democracy the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Let them worship as they will, every man can follow his own conscience provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him act against the liberty of his fellow men. ↗

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

#religion #secularism #men

It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life. ↗

— Martin Luther

#luther #reason #religion #wisdom #art

Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is not an insurance agent. ↗

— H.G. Wells

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He who is not generous(loving,benevolent),God is not generous(loving,benevolent) to him. ↗

— Anonymous

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My faith in the expertise of physicists like Richard Feynman, for instance, permits me to endorse—and, if it comes to it, bet heavily on the truth of—a proposition that I don't understand. So far, my faith is not unlike religious faith, but I am not in the slightest bit motivated to go to my death rather than recant the formulas of physics. Watch: E doesn't equal mc2, it doesn't, it doesn't! I was lying, so there! ↗

— Daniel C. Dennett

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I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. ↗

— Douglas Adams

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In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion. ↗

— Giannina Braschi

#humor #inspirational #politics #religion #business

It is difficult to describe the peace that comes with giving yourself permission to know what you know. To have hard, complicated realities staring at you and be able to raise your head and look back at them with a steady gaze, scared maybe, grieved perhaps, but straight on and unwavering ↗

— Valerie Tarico

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