“I believe in a poetry determined by the language of which it is made. … I look to words, and nothing else, for my own redemption.” …
Day: May 21, 1980
Alexander Pope
“What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.” …
Andrei Sakharov
“Like most of the physicists of his generation, he was an atheist. In his later years, this son of a physicist, grandson of a lawyer, and great-grandson of a priest …
Narges Mohammadi
“We the people of Iran are transitioning out of the Islamic Republic’s theocracy. Transition won’t be jumping from one point to the next. It will be a long and hard …
Clémence Royer
“Yes, I believe in revelation, but a permanent revelation of man to himself and by himself, a rational revelation that is nothing but the result of the progress of science …
M.N. Roy
“The realization of the possibility of a secular rational morality opens up a new perspective before the modern world. … It must be realized that human existence is self-contained and …
Benito Juárez
“Priests of any cult who, abusing their ministry, excite hate or disrespect for our laws, our government, or its rights, will be punished by three years’ imprisonment or deportation.” …
Cenk Uygur
“I’m offended by [evangelical leaders’] actions, but I’m not offended by their opinion. They believe in a sky god who’s going to suck them up into the sky with a …
Thomas Huxley (Quote)
“Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.” …
