“They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly. ... Hence they have had no trouble in finding men who would preach the damnability and heresy of the new doctrine from the very pulpit.” KnowsMenHumansMayMatterReligionCausesTroubleHuman NatureFindingsNeighborDoctrineHeresyPulpit Author:Galileo Galilei
“Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him immediately by an empirical method. But you cannot meet God this way...A contemplative attitude is necessary: it is the feeling that you are moving along the good path of understanding and affection toward things and situations. Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God, and love of all things in God-this is the sign that you are on this right path.” WayFeelingsWisdomSpiritualMovingDesireReligionUnderstandingAttitudeSituationPathHuman NatureFindingsAll ThingsAnd LoveMethodProfoundAffectionGod LoveEncountersConsolationRight PathContemplativeVerifyGod And LoveFinding God Author:Pope Francis
“God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.” MenFeelsReligionWomenLonelinessSolitudeFindingsCompanion Author:Paul Valery
“If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.” IfsInspirationalCertainReligionAcceptingBuddhismFindingsClaimsAnalysisAbandonScience Religion Author:Dalai Lama
“Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all; who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us; who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.” PeopleThinkingMindBelieveHomeSchoolScienceReligionBeliefForceLeaderImagineWrittenCenturyIgnoranceFindingsPatientLibraryGuidesIgnorantBitterAshamedScience And ReligionResentOrganized ReligionUneducatedScience ReligionIgnorant PeopleThinking MindWillful IgnoranceRovingEducated And Uneducated Author:Isaac Asimov
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” IfsGivingLongEnoughScienceReligionTakenLessonsFindingsEvidenceScientistPainfulCorruptionAcknowledgeRejectsOver YouCapturedSaddestCharlatansFinding Out The TruthCorrupt PowerPower And CorruptionPower CorruptionBamboozle Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.” LifeInspirationalFunnyReligionReligiousFreedomLibertyFitFindingsHumorousCriticsShoesWittyToleranceComedianPairsSarcasticFittingFreedom Of ReligionPair Of ShoesReligious ToleranceTolerance And Respect Author:George Carlin
“Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us --- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.” IfsProblemFacesReligionNextNationsPracticeRiskSeriousBecomingHabitOceanFindingsToughAtheistIndividualitySolveConfusionDedicationOccasionalSuckerStrawsNonconformityVigilanceCharlatansConformity And IndividualityBamboozle Author:Carl Sagan