Richard Simmons > Quotes

“wanted to believe the Darwinian idea. I chose to believe it not because I think there was enormous evidence for it, nor because it had the full authority to give interpretation to my origins, but I chose to believe it because it delivered me from trying to find meaning and freed me to my own erotic passions.”
― Richard E Simmons III, Reflections on the Existence of God: A Series of Essays

“all yearn for. God”
― Richard E Simmons III, Reflections on the Existence of God: A Series of Essays

“No society has ever survived or will ever survive without morality, and no morality has ever survived without a transcendent source.”19”
― Richard E Simmons III, Reflections on the Existence of God: A Series of Essays

“We are seldom taught that the key to experiencing a meaningful life is to make a difference in the lives of others.”
― Richard E Simmons III

“Love is not an illusion created by the genes to promote our evolutionary survival, but an aspect of human nature that reflects the fundamental fabric of ultimate reality.”9”
― Richard E Simmons III, Reflections on the Existence of God: A Series of Essays