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“To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard!”

Men Littles Religion Pay Regard Sake Excess

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Men say they are of the same religion, for quietness' sake; but if the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three anywhere of the same religion on all points.”

Ifs Men Wells Matter Religion Three Sake Scarce Quietness

Book:English Belles-lettres: From A. D. 901 to 1834

Source: English Belles-lettres: From A. D. 901 to 1834

“... so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is, the deepest source of contentions, wars, persecutions for conscience sake, angry words, angry feelings, backbitings, slanders, suspicions, false judgments, evil interpretations, unwise, unjust, injurious, inconsistent actions.”

Source: Course of popular lectures as delivered by Frances Wright: with three addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789. Second edition

“All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency.”

Religion Tree Sake Branches Expediency

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life.”

Men Inspirational Mean Ends Self Purpose Religion Interest Liberty Moral Sacrifice Morality Achievement Highest Sake Every Man Rational Self Interest

Book:Ayn Rand Novel Collection

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

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