“Since no one really knows anything about God, those who think they do are just troublemakers.” ThinkingKnowsReligionAtheismAtheistAnti ReligiousTroublemaker Author:Rabia Basri
“Religion is a group of scam artists that sell the calming idea that your body is a temple of God, while your mind belongs to them.” MindIdeasBodyArtistReligionGroupsAtheismSellsAtheistYour BodyTemplesCalmingAnti ReligiousScamsBody Is A Temple Author:Jose Antonio Carrillo
“The nineteenth century will ever be known as the one in which the influences of science were first fully realised in civilised communities; the scientific progress was so gigantic that it seems rash to predict that any of its successors can be more important in the life of any nation.” FirstsImportantSeemsScienceNationsCommunityKnownProgressInfluenceCenturyCivilizationAccountsRealisedNineteenth CenturySuccessorsCivilisedScientific Progress Book:Education and National Progress Source: Education and National Progress
“We might expect intelligent life and technological communities to have emerged in the universe billions of years ago. Given that human society is only a few thousand years old, and that human technological society is mere centuries old, the nature of a community with millions or even billions of years of technological and social progress cannot even be imagined. ... What would we make of a billion-year-old technological community?” YearsHumansMightScienceUniverseGivenSocialCommunityImaginationMillionsProgressSocietyCenturyThousandYears AgoIntelligentMereBillionsThousand YearsTechnologicalHuman SocietySocial ProgressIntelligent Life Author:Paul Davies
“I've not seen an effective manager or leader who can't spend some fraction of time down in the trenches... If they don't do that they get out of touch with reality, and their whole thought and management process becomes abstract and disconnected.” IfsWholeRealityProcessLeaderCommunicationManagementManagersAbstractFractionsDisconnectedTrenches Author:Jeff Bezos
“To my mind, you cannot speak about the need for leadership within our communities without being prepared to take on responsibility yourself. It's not enough to point the finger at those who have let us down and to expect others to come forward and fix our problems. Nor can anyone afford to call themselves a leader unless they truly have the interests of our community at heart. Too many people like to think they are leaders and too many are identified by the media as leaders who are not really leaders at all.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindHeartEnoughProblemSpeakInterestCommunityResponsibilityLeaderMediaDown AndPreparedFingersOur Community Author:Jackie Huggins
“It's a very Aboriginal thing to do, to give younger people greater responsibilities within the community as they become able to take those responsibilities on. It is a culturally appropriate transfer of roles that involves respect in both directions.. from the younger to the older and the older to the younger.” PeopleGivingAbleCommunityResponsibilityRolesGreaterThings To DoAppropriateTransfersAboriginal Author:Jackie Huggins
“Never mistake legibility for communication.” HumorFunnyMistakeCommunicationLegibility Author:David Carson
“Faith can remove a mountain, but doubt can put it back in place again” DoubtAtheismMountainRemove Author:Tage Danielsson
