“My atheist neighbor has helped more people in the past year than my entire congregation has in the past ten.”— Annoymous, blog.crazyegg.com
“The language of God is not English or Latin; the language of God is cellular and molecular.”— Timothy Leary, en.wikiquote.org
“It’s easy to dismiss religion as bloody, cruel, and tribal. I’ve done it myself. But it isn’t religion that’s wired that way – it’s man himself. At bottom every faith is a form of instruction in common decency. Different textbooks in the same class. Don’t they all teach that to do for others feels b…”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.”— Zondervan, Corinthians, amazon.com
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”— Zondervan, Proverbs, amazon.com
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”— Zondervan, Romans, amazon.com
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”— Zondervan, amazon.com
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”— Zondervan, Proverb, amazon.com
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”— Zondervan, Peter, amazon.com
“You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“Not only does God play dice, but he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.”— David Mitchell, books.google.com
“It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.”— Ricky Gervais, books.google.com
“If he'd dropped his lifelong belief just because someone came up with an objection, it's not just that you'd be surprised, to a certain degree you'd think Quine was irrational. We all begin our inquiries somewhere, with a large complex of presuppositions and convictions. We should all be open to cha…”— David Shatz, amazon.com
“If you saw somebody trying to resolve a spat with a spouse by putting pen to paper and setting up numbered premises, you'd find it a crazy way to settle things, and maybe would also brand it as a tactic for fleeing the real issues. Only in philosophy does this sort of exactitude win an imprimatur; e…”— David Shatz, amazon.com
“In the sphere of religion, proofs for the existence of God don't always sway people into belief (the ontological argument of Anselm is notorious for not converting those who think it is sound); intellectual solutions to the problem of evil, however formidable, often fail to soothe the gut-level feel…”— David Shatz, amazon.com
“When a philosopher publishes an article called 'Why There Are No People' (an actual title!), he invites a joke: Whom does he think he's writing for? Whom will he blame if he gets turned down for tenure?”— David Shatz, amazon.com