“The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the …
Publications
Rafael Nadal
“It’s hard to say, ‘I don’t believe in God.’ I would love to know if God exists. But it’s a very difficult thing for me to believe. … I say, …
Edward Livingston Youmans
“He also expressed skepticism about miracles, as infractions of the order of nature requiring much more evidence to make them credible than has ever been produced.” …
Barbara Smoker
“People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed eternal reward, are victims of the …
Edward Elgar
“Elgar told me that he had no faith whatever in an afterlife: ‘I believe there is nothing but complete oblivion.’ ” …
Thomas Hardy
“Peace upon earth!” was said. We sing it, And pay a million priests to bring it. After two thousand years of mass We’ve got as far as poison-gas. …
Marilyn Monroe
“Jane tried to convert me [to religion] and I tried to introduce her to Freud.” …
Graham Wallas
“People in a state of strong religious emotion sometimes become conscious of a throbbing sound in their ears, due to the increased force of their circulation. An organist, by opening …
Walt Whitman
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about …
