“From my observations, it would seem that the core message of most major religions is right, just and pure. For this reason I can not help but conclude that evil acts committed by religious people are committed not because of their religion, but in spite of it.” PeopleLifeI CanReasonHelpingSeemsEvilReligiousPureMajorsMessagesCommittedCoreObservationSpiteCan Not Author:Derek R. Audette
“In a world where God does not exist, any reasonable person must see that the propensity toward selfishness should be the most venerated of all human traits. From this it stands to reason that any man, knowing the total expanse of his existence to be finite, who does not devote every moment of his life to acts of pure selfishness, must be seen as nothing more than a fool.” MenWorldLifeShouldHumansPersonsDoeReasonMomentsExistenceKnowingFoolPureSelfishnessReasonableTraitsFinitePropensityExpanse Author:Derek R. Audette
“I never have held death in contempt, though in the course of my explorations I have oftentimes felt that to meet one's fate on a noble mountain, or in the heart of a glacier, would be blessed as compared with death from disease, or from some shabby lowland accident. But the best death, quick and crystal-pure, set so glaringly open before us, is hard enough to face, even though we feel gratefully sure that we have already had happiness enough for a dozen lives.” LifeFeelsHeartHardEnoughWould BeFacesCoursesFeltFateDyingGratitudePureMountainDiseaseBlessedAccidentsNobleExplorationContemptDozenCrystalsBeing BlessedGlaciersShabby Book:John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
“I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all.” WorldLifePersonsDoeBookEvilDoubtDangerousPureIndifferenceNo DoubtFanaticism Author:Elie Wiesel
“Thought is the fountain of action, life and manifestation; make the fountain pure, and all will be pure.” LifeActionAttitudePureManifestationFountainA Man Thinketh Book:As a Man Thinketh Source: As a Man Thinketh