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“Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the savagery that lurks under civilization and emerges in our dreams, crimes and wars? ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.”

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Book:The Lessons of History

Source: The Lessons of History

“...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so.”

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Book:Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking : with 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind

Source: Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking : with 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind

“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.”

Source: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

“I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.”

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Author:Jodi Picoult