“What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to me so much more congenial — or at …
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“I think that as he grew older his hold upon anything like a creed weakened, though he remained of the Unitarian philosophy concerning Christ. He did not latterly go to …
John Steinbeck
“Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches — nor is it a game for the cloistered elect, the tinhorn mendicants …
Charles Watts
“The object of Christ was to teach his followers how to die, rather than to instruct them how to live.” …
Sonia Johnson
“Did I believe in God? The answer was no. All my conventional beliefs fell off me like a big, sloppy, unnecessary overcoat, and my real self emerged.” …
Tony Randall
“I wish I believed I’d see my parents again, see my wife again. But I know it’s not going to happen.” …
Victor Hugo
“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.” …
Hemant Mehta
“At age fourteen I was asking questions. When the answers failed to satisfy me, I searched elsewhere for different answers and found wisdom in atheism.” …
Anthony Burgess
“I was brought up a Catholic, became an agnostic, flirted with Islam and now hold a position which may be termed Manichee. I believe the wrong God is temporarily ruling …
