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"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."
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"From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization."

"The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps."

"In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear."

"But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of our own broad land, received all the fundamentals of civilization as a heritage from their European ancestors."

"Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others."

"Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization."

"The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism."

"After the struggle for sheer existence, they had no energy left for a civilization."

"What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years."
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"Become loving and become courageous. Become the inspiration which you seek outside. Bring the metaphorical heart of your limbic system in sync with the analytical powerhouse of the prefrontal cortex. From your mind shall rise the inspiration. From your mind shall rise the love. From your mind shall rise the greatest education of all."

"Filmmaking is not the work of the weak-minded. It may not be rocket science, but it requires ten times more strength of the mind than that."

"A doctor's mission should not be to prevent death, but more importantly it should be to improve the quality of life."

"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."

"All these stories of Janamsakhi were like an artistic instrument that was yielded more to spread Nanak's spiritual sovereignty as a mystical prophet than as an effective teacher in flesh and blood. In the midst of ignorance and mystical craving, they provided a simple method to guide people, or rather allure them to a newly formed religious path by sermonizing through stories of mystical non-sense."

"The moment the religious population of the world begins to see the prophets what they really were - mortal teachers of the mortal world, a great portion of the world's religious conflicts shall vanish into thin air."

"If there is a God you must see it (literally), even clearer than you see this page, otherwise it is better not to believe. It is better to be an outspoken atheist, than a hypocrite."

"Science is never rigid, it is flexible. It can bend towards any direction that ultimately tends to do good to humanity. Religion must learn the same. And the moment any religion learns that, it would become the most scientific religion in the world."

"Every animal is biologically designed by Nature to do wrong in return. It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."
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