“Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.” ReasonUniverseChristianityTeachVirtueFailingOffers Book:Bertrand Russell's Best Source: Bertrand Russell's Best
“Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.” MindUniverseBeliefGrowsFailingInfiniteBelieverUnlimitedInfinite Universe Book:Heretics of Dune Source: Heretics of Dune
“I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.” PeopleSelfUniverseFailingObviousDeceptionBubblesSelf Deception Author:Errol Morris
“My whole life everyone always said 'it can't be done', 'you'll never do it', 'you will fail', 'no one has ever gone from Austria and become a Mr Universe, blah, blah, blah', or when I ran for governor people were sceptical. It was 'you're going to lose' and 'people don't take people from show-business seriously in politics'. So, I've heard all the 'it's impossible' thing but I didn't pay any attention because I believed that I could do it.” PeopleSaidDoneWholeShowsUniverseLosesPayAttentionGoneImpossibleFailingHeardWhole LifeRanGovernorsShow BusinessImpossible ThingsBlahAustriaMr Universe Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Of course, uh, the universe is gradually slowing down and, uh, will eventually collapse inwardly on itself, according to the laws of entropy when all it's thermal and mechanical functions fail, thus rendering all human endeavors ultimately pointless. Just to put the gig in some sort of context.” HumansHumorFunnyLawUniverseCoursesFailingFunctionDown AndEndeavorCollapseSlow DownGigsPointlessRenderingEntropySlowingOf ContextThermal Author:Bill Bailey