“It is rather more noble to help people purely out of concern for their suffering than it is to help them because you think the Creator of the Universe wants you to do it, or will reward you for doing it, or will punish you for not doing it. The problem with this linkage between religion and morality is that it gives people bad reasons to help other human beings when good reasons are available.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingHumansReasonHelpingProblemSufferingUniverseHuman BeingsMoralityConcernRewardsCreatorAvailableNobleHelping OthersLinkages Author:Sam Harris
“I do not know how bad a life has to break in order to kill. I have never been so hungry that I willed hunger. I have never been so angry as to want to control a gun over a pen. Not really. Even as a woman, as a Palestinian, as a broken human being. Never this broken.” KnowsWantHumansOrderHuman BeingsBreakKnow HowBrokenGunAngryHungerHungryPensPalestinian Author:Suheir Hammad
“I do what I want, when I want, how I want, and because of that, it has taken me so long to grow into an adult human being.” WantHumansLongGrowsHuman BeingsTakenAdults Author:Michelle Rodriguez