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That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for th...more

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A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would in...more

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The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive le...more

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I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to apprec...more

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

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My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with ...more

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

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The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

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Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I will somethi...more

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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a...more

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One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

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It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal Go...more

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Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.

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Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.