Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history it may have been a necessary evil but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn’t killing people in the name of god a pretty good definition of insanity?
– Arthur C. Clarke
Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history it may have been a necessary evil but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn’t killing people in the name of god a pretty good definition of insanity?
– Arthur C. Clarke
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
~Marianne Williamson
“. . . I can have any kind of relationship I want. I can make any choices I want to. My best course of action is to learn to choose people who want something similar to what I want, to take responsibility for the consequences of my choices, and to pay attention to the effects my choices have on the people around me.”
~Franklin Veaux
“I believe in morality, which is doing what is right regardless of what I am told, as opposed to religion, which is doing what I am told regardless of what is right.”
~unknown
Tears are the silent language of grief.
– Voltaire
At the center of your being you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want.
– Lao Tzu
You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you become new if you haven’t first become ashes?
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/278067-you-must-be-ready-to-burn-yourself-in-your-own