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"When we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief."

"Real religion begins where the tiny cocoons of belief systems end."

"Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or which deity works for whom. Sincere religion and tested science are similar in that their assertions can be argued logically and objectively; otherwise, we get false cults and babble."

"The Christian God seemed the most offensive to people precisely because he was the most godlike. He was too perfect even to be coaxed by human efforts, and therefore sent his son to do the job."

"These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief."

"The religion I am talking about here is plain everyday humanism. That's exactly what the person named Jesus attempted to spread, but due to innate psychological reasons, his pupils ended up constructing yet another orthodox circle with its own distinct beliefs, ideals and fantasies."
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"Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium."

"It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine."

"And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art."

"In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better."

"If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles."

"I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul."

"There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god."

"We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve."
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