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“To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter.”

World Different Matter Enough Imagine Mankind Reasonable Without God

Author:Anthony Marais

“Creation has the truth written all over it - the age of the universe, the history of the world - but nine-tenths of mankind either don't know it or think it's a sham, because it isn't what their book or their prophet says, and it isn't cozy or manipulable enough.”

Thinking Knows World Book Enough Age Universe Written Mankind Creation Nine Prophet Over It World History Cozy

Author:Sheri S. Tepper

“Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.”

World Enough Mankind Wind Ideals Foolish Idealism Caution Idealist Ardor Carefulness

Author:Emma Goldman

“Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not seem to require so much an active energy, as a passive aptitude of the soul in order to encounter it. But error is endlessly diversified; it has no reality, but is the pure and simple creation of the mind that invents it. In this field the soul has room enough to expand herself, to display all her boundless faculties, and all her beautiful and interesting extravagancies and absurdities.”

“A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power.”

Thinking Enough Mankind Proud Vices Vain Holiness Bigotry Affected Throwing Deceiving Veils Zeal Bigots

Author:Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

“The avarice of mankind is insatiable; at one time two obols was pay enough; but now, when this sum has become customary, men always want more and more without end.”

Men Want Two Ends Enough Pay Mankind Human Nature One Time Avarice Insatiable

Book:Politics

Source: Politics

“The majority, being satisfied with the ways of mankind as they now are (for it is they who make them what they are), cannot comprehend why those ways should not be good enough for everybody; and what is more, spontaneity forms no part of the ideal of the majority of moral and social reformers, but is rather looked on with jealousy, as a troublesome and perhaps rebellious obstruction to the general acceptance of what these reformers, in their own judgment, think would be best for mankind.”

Source: J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings

“On all the walls, wherever walls exist, I will inscribe this eternal indictment of Christianity--I have letters to make even blindmen see.... I call Christianity the single great curse, the single great innermost depravity, the single great instinct of revenge, for which no means is poisonous, secretive, subterranean, small enough--I call it mankind's single immortal blemish.... And we reckon time from the dies nefastus with which this calamity arose--following Christianity's first day!--Why not following its last day, instead?--Following today?--Transvaluation of all values!”

“The whole social structure is now tumbling down, dethroning its God, undermining all its certainties. All this, wonderfully enough, is being done in the name of the health, wealth, and happiness of all mankind.”

Done Enough Whole Christian Names Social Religious Wealth Mankind Structure Certainty Being Done Undermining Social Structure Tumbling Health Wealth Wealth And Happiness Tumbling Down

Book:Conversion: The Spiritual Journey of a Twentieth Century Pilgrim

Source: Conversion: The Spiritual Journey of a Twentieth Century Pilgrim

“There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The general average of mankind are not only moderate in intellect, but also moderate in inclinations: they have no tastes or wishes strong enough to incline them to do anything unusual, and they consequently do not understand those who have, and class all such with the wild and intemperate whom they are accustomed to look down upon.”

Source: J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings

“Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that Law rules all. And it is enough to remember that law rules all.”

Enough Remember Law Lying Virtue Mankind Poet Simplicity Vices Indifference Thyself

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.”

Men Enough Mankind Weak Greed Caught Snares

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill.”

Enough Political Mankind Raises Vengeance

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituents of so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility does occur, its chances of prevailing are slim. Yet it exists, and its mere existence is reason enough for not wiping the name of mankind off the slate.”

Humans Doe Reason Enough Evil Names Chance Existence Mankind Human Nature Weakness Ultimate Mere Human Condition Cowardice Nobility Prevailing Constituents Slate Slim

Author:John Simon

“Most writers begin with accounts of their first home, their family, and the town, often from quite a hostile point of view-love/hate, let's say. In a way, this stepping outside, in an attempt to judge enough to create a duplicate of it, makes you an outsider. . . . I think it's healthy for a writer to feel like an outsider. If you feel like an insider you get committed to a partisan view, you begin to defend interests, so you wind up not really empathizing with all mankind.”

“It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.”

Ifs Men Enough Bigs Might Humanity Turns Mankind Creatures Pity Dragons Appreciated Prey Microbes

Book:The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King

Source: The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King

“The generosity of the Earth allows us to feed all mankind; we know enough about ecology to keep the Earth a healthy place; there is enough room on the Earth, and there are enough materials, so that everybody can have adequate shelter; we are quite competent enough to produce sufficient supplies of necessities so that no one need live in misery.”

Knows Needs Enough Earth Rooms Mankind Produce Materials Healthy Misery Generosity Sufficient Shelter Ecology Adequate Competent Supplies

Author:E. F. Schumacher