Every star may be a sun to someone.
To live in the hearts of others is to never die in those we leave behind.
Understanding is a kind of ecstasy
When you realize that no one really knows what they are doing and that everyone is doing the best they can according to their own level of consciousness, life gets a lot easier. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
Valid criticism does you a favor.
The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.
Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations.
Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others?
Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.
Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.
The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Your god is too small for my universe.
Our passion for learning ... is our tool for survival.
We live on a hunk of rock and metal that circles a humdrum star that is one of 400 billion other stars that make up the Milky Way Galaxy which is one of billions of other galaxies which make up a universe which may be one of a very large number, perhaps an infinite number, of other universes. That is a perspective on human life and our culture that is well worth pondering.
Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable. . . .
Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us --- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.
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