“True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.” MindLyingUniverseAtheismQuietContemplatingPiety Author:Lucretius
“One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the great things of life.” WayCharacterLyingMy FavoriteGreat ThingsContemplatingCartoonCartoon CharacterSnoopy Author:Jackie Tabick
“Poor humanity, to saddle the gods with such a responsibility and throw in a vindictive temper. What griefs they hatch for themselves, what festering sores for us, what tears for our prosperity! This is not piety, this oft-repeated show of bowing a veiled head before a graven image; this bustling to every altar; this kow-towing and prostration on the ground with palms outspread before the shrines of the gods; this deluging of vow on vow. True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.” MindShowsLyingHumanityUniversePoorGriefResponsibilityAtheismTearsQuietProsperityPositive AtheismTemperContemplatingPalmsVowAltarsPietyShrinesSaddlesVindictiveFesteringProstration Author:Lucretius