“I think that the real religion is about the understanding that if we can only still our egos for a few seconds, we might have a chance of experiencing something that is divine in nature.” IfsThinkingStillsRealMightReligionUnderstandingChanceDivineEgoSecondsExperiencing Something Author:John Cleese
“It is incredible that only idiots are absolutely sure of salvation. It is incredible that the more brain you have the less your chance is. There can be no danger in honest thought, and if the world ever advances beyond what it is to-day, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.” IfsMenWorldRealReasonReligionChanceBrainOpinionHonestHonestyDangerSalvationIncrediblesIdiotChances Are Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Partisanship should be kept out of the pulpit... The blindest of partisans are preachers. All politicians expect and find more candor, fairness, and truth in politicians than in partisan preachers. They are not replied to - no chance to reply to them.... The balance wheel of free institutions is free discussion. The pulpit allows no free discussion.” ShouldReligionChanceBalancePoliticianInstitutionsDiscussionWheelsPreacherFairnessPartisansPulpitCandorPartisanship Author:Rutherford B. Hayes