September 2011
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“You see, the religious people — most of them — really think this planet is an...”
– Carl Sagan in “Contact”
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“In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent to the...”
– Carl Sagan
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“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics,...”
– Carl Sagan
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“Consort only with the good,
come together with the good.
To learn the teaching...”
– Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.31
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“Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who...”
– Immanuel Kant
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“I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The human mind is unable to...”
– Albert Einstein
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“In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees...”
– Carl Sagan
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“One who is virtuous and wise
shines forth like a blazing fire;
like a bee...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 3.265
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“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can...”
– Immanuel Kant
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“I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for...”
– Albert Einstein
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“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“For as long as there been humans we have searched for our place in the cosmos....”
– Carl Sagan
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“Difficult to detect and very subtle,
the mind seizes whatever it wants;
so let...”
– Dhammapada 3.16
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“I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.”
– Immanuel Kant
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
– Albert Einstein
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“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking,...”
– Carl Sagan
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“Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of...”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find...”
– Albert Einstein
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“Live without covetous greed,
fill your mind with benevolence.
Be mindful and...”
– Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.29
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“By a lie, a man… annihilates his dignity as a man.”
– Immanuel Kant
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“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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“Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think...”
– Carl Sagan
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“When I have a terrible need of — shall I say the word — religion. Then I go out...”
– Vincent van Gogh
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“I believe in Spinoza’s God, Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of...”
– Albert Einstein
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