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“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”

Book:Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

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Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

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William Kingdon Clifford

William Kingdon Clifford was a British mathematician and philosopher, born on May 4, 1845, and died on March 3, 1879. He made significant contributions to the fields of geometry and algebra in mathematics. more

“As long as there is one person suffering an injustice; as long as one person is forced to bear an unnecessary sorrow; as long as one person is subject to an undeserved pain, the worship of a God is a demoralizing humiliation. As long as there is one mistake in the universe; as long as one wrong is permitted to exist; as long as there is hatred and antagonism among mankind, the existence of a God is a moral impossibility. Ingersoll said: 'Injustice upon earth renders the justice of of heaven impossible.”

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Book:An Atheist Manifesto

Source: An Atheist Manifesto

“And a lot of it will be wrong, but just enough of it will be right.”

Life Future Wrong Right

Book:Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

“But maybe that isn't possible. Maybe the mind of the majority is always the healthy mind, simply by virtue of its numbers. Maybe it's the definition of madness to believe I'm right and everyone else if wrong, to find my thoughts rational and reasonable when almost the entire world finds them damaged and flawed.”

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Book:Of Beast and Beauty

Source: Of Beast and Beauty

“It's wrong to anticipate evil.”

Evil Assumption Wrong

Book:Wuthering Heights

Source: Wuthering Heights

“I’m a monster. You’re a monster. We’re all fucking inhuman monsters, and we don’t see a damned thing wrong with it.”

Wrong Monster Inhuman Thing Fucking Damned

Book:Old Man's War

Source: Old Man's War

“We are so preoccupied with our own point of view that most of the time or we are searching for reasons to convert others to it. We feel that we are right as a rule and anything that contradicts is wrong.”

Reason Wrong Convert Feel Searching Rule View Point Engrossed Contradicts

Author:Dr Prem Jagyasi

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