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“Freedom of thought is the only good that is perhaps more precious than peace, for the simple reason that, without it, peace would merely be another name of servitude.”
― André Comte-Sponville

“Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human.”
― André Comte-Sponville, Présentations de la philosophie

“Can omniscient God, who
Knows the future, find
The Omnipotence to
Change His future mind?”
― Karen Owens

“In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact that, deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the sceptics, are trying to figure out how the world works and what our role in it might be. Their motives are in many cases consonant with science. If their culture has not given them all the tools they need to pursue this great quest, let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark