Norah Mae

“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“The idea of a utopian state on earth, perhaps modeled on some heavenly ideal, is very hard to efface and has led people to commit terrible crimes in the name of the ideal.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind old men as guides. —HEINRICH HEINE, GEDANKEN UND EINFALLE”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“I leave it to the faithful to burn each other’s churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can always be relied upon to do.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything