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“Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.”

Truth School Virtue Mankind Truth Is Charity Ancient Sects

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot.”

“Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. It is given to formulating its beliefs in terms of Either/Ors, between which it recognizes no intermediate possibilities.”

Thinking Reason Truth Belief Given Term Education Mankind Possibility Opposites Extremes Likes

Book:Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition

Source: Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition

“The love of truth, virtue, and the happiness of mankind are specious pretexts, but not the inward principles that set divines at work; else why should they affect to abuse human reason, to disparage natural religion, to traduce the philosophers as they universally do?”

Should Humans Reason Truth Natural Principles Virtue Mankind Divine Abuse Philosopher Inward Pretext Human Reason

Book:Philosophical works

Source: Philosophical works

“Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God. . . .”

Reason Light Truth Father Natural Mankind Eternal Discovery Eternity Communicate Revelations Faculty Portions Fountain

Author:John Locke

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”

“As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.”

People Believe Long Truth Political Religion Evil Belief Mankind Commit Absurdity Atrocities Evil People Atrocities Committed

Author:Voltaire