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Religion is based ... mainly upon fear ... fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.
Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
dont let the old break you; let the love make you.
When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
