“People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward's argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool's paradise. When a man suspects his wife of infidelity, he is not thought the better of for shutting his eyes to the evidence. And I cannot see why ignoring evidence should be contemptible in one case and admirable in the other.” PeopleMenShouldWould BeEyeCasesWifeFoolEvidenceArgumentUnhappyParadiseHis EyesSuspectsCowardInfidelityConsolationAdmirable Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68 Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
“A large number of suspects, both men and women, escaped martial law for lack of any shred of evidence against them on which a court-martial could convict. So they began setting them free in groups, according to their birth-place. But half-way, the car-load would be emptied into a ditch.” MenWayWould BeLawNumbersHalfGroupsCarBirthEvidenceMen And WomenCourtSettingSettingsSuspectsLoadLarge NumbersConvictsHalf WayBirth PlaceMartial Law Author:Georges Bernanos
“Christians ought to suspect that affliction is the very essence of creation. To be a created thing is not necessarily to be afflicted, but it is necessarily to be exposed to affliction. ... Affliction is the surest sign that God wishes to be loved by us; it is the most precious evidence of His tenderness.” ChristianSufferingWishCreationOughtEvidenceEssenceSuspectsExposedTendernessAffliction Book:Simone Weil Source: Simone Weil
“I think as a consequence of that, there is also a fair amount of uncertainty about engaging in political activity that would be immediately suspect and seen as evidence as a sort of resurgent militancy.” ThinkingWould BePoliticalAmountActivityEvidenceConsequenceFairsUncertaintySuspectsEngagingMilitancy Author:Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
“You got a cop under five feet tall, what if he's gotta plant evidence on a high shelf? What then? What if he's gotta chase a suspect onto a ride at Disneyland?” IfsFiveFeetEvidencePlantWhat IfSuspectsTallCopShelvesDisneyland Author:Greg Giraldo
“Emotionally I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.” WantScienceReligionAtheismProveWasteEvidenceAtheistMy TimeSuspectsAgnosticAgnosticismScience ReligionWasting My Time Author:Isaac Asimov
“I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say that one is an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow it was better to say one was a humanist or agnostic. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect that he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.” WantYearsLongScienceFeltAtheismProveWasteLong TimeEvidenceAtheistMy TimeSuspectsHumanistAgnosticAgnosticismWasting My Time Author:Isaac Asimov