The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
-Thomas Paine
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world, manifest in each of us, she can be known internally by every individual, in all her magnificent diversity.
Agreed, there cannot be anything in this world more encouraging and exciting
than success. But success is achieved only by those, who refuse to relent on
their efforts even in trying times.
-Deep Trivedi
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.
-Richard Dawkins
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe