“As for me, I shall go out into the courtyard with as light a heart as any child starting home for the holidays. I have done my share of the work, and this death-sentence is the proof that I have done it thoroughly. They kill me because they are afraid of me; and what more can any man’s heart desire?” StrengthRevolutionaryRevolution QuotesThe GadflyRevolutionary SpiritThey Fear StammerersRighteous Fight Author:E L Voynich
“I think we differ as to where the root of the mischief lies. You place it in a lack of appreciation of the value of human life.” “Rather of the sacredness of human personality.” “Put it as you like. To me the great cause of our muddles and mistakes seems to lie in the mental disease called religion.” “Do you mean any religion in particular?” “Oh, no! That is a mere question of external symptoms. The disease itself is what is called a religious attitude of mind. It is the morbid desire to set up a fetish and adore it, to fall down and worship something. It makes little difference whether the something be Jesus or Buddha or a tum-tum tree. You don't agree with me, of course. You may be atheist or agnostic or anything you like, but I could feel the religious temperament in you at five yards.” RevolutionaryReligion QuotesAgainst ReligionThe GadflyReligion Is WrongFor Human Rights Author:E L Voynich