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Fear and Rage - QuotesIf you love God, burn the church. I have said I have met Satan, and this is true. But it is not tangible. It no more has horns, hooves and a forked tail than God has a long white beard. Even the name, Satan, is just a name we have given to something basically nameless. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 He that increases knowledge increaseth sorrow. the Bible An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents. To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there. Expeditions of an Untimely Man It's better to burn out than fade away. Hollywood and Disneyland are the legacy of Europe's cultural imperialism. We gave them nursery rhymes and they gave back film. Televised riots are as American as Barbie/ Big Macs. Tomorrow the riots will be forgotten but Mickey mouse will still be there. Welcome to Disneyland. Manic Street Preachers Biography He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster... when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Jenseits von Gut und Bose IV 146 Wer mit Ungeheuern kampft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein. Jenseits von Gut und Bose IV 146 War is war. The only good human being is a dead one. Animal Farm Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. Animal Farm I was lied to when I was told life was fair, that someone would always be there, people cared about how I felt, I was unhappy with the cards I was dealt. When I was a child, my castle was my home, now I'm walking empty streets, memories and me alone. More's been said in silence than can ever be spoken in words. Secrets shared, and promises kept, and feeling they'll never return. The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task. All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie? But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian god may exist; so may the gods of Olympus, or of ancient Egypt, or of Babylon. But no one of these hypotheses is more probable than any other: they lie outside the region of even probable knowledge, and therefore there is no reason to consider any of them. A Roman Catholic worships a god who speaks through the Pope, while a Baptist worships a god who does not. They cannot be worshipping the same god. In God We Trust: But Which One? If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so? In God We Trust: But Which One? Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment. In God We Trust: But Which One? We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam". Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools. The Church Is a Burden, Not a Benefit, In Social Life If there is a God, atheism must strike Him as less of an insult than religion. Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?" There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages. Women Without Superstition Faith in God necessarily implies a lack of faith in humanity. Women Without Superstition One final snag in the "Bible only" view is this: the Bible itself teaches that moral truths are revealed outside the Scriptures. The Shape of the Good: Christian Reflections on the Fondation of Ethics It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. Don't unlock doors you're not prepared to go through. The X-Files If you have the arrogance of a god and can kill like a god, who's to say you are not a god? Baldur's Gate Hell lives a life of its own, losing itself never from its existence, loving those whom it hurts, hurting those whom it loves. Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things. Daybreak What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again. The Gay Science We cannot tempt fate without eventually getting scorched by it. If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. speech, Detroit, Michigan, 23 June 1963 Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but is irresistable when it clogs by its whole weight. If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. The God That Failed Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt. The Natural History of Nonsense Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. |
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