A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Quotations
Religion
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion.
-Albert Einstein
Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
You look at it, but it is not to be seen; Its name is Formless. You listen to it, but it is not to be heard; Its name is Soundless. You grasp it, but it is not to be held; Its name is Bodiless. These three elude all scrutiny. And hence they blend and become one.
-Scriptures "Tao Te Ching 14"
Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear.
-Bertrand Russell
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi
What is religion? The science of mind and life. Who are Buddha, Krishna and
Christ? The doctors of our mind and life.
-Deep Trivedi
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
-Issac Asimov
