THINK !

“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”

- Richard Dawkins

“Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

- Thomas Jefferson’s letter to his nephew, from Paris, August 10, 1787.

“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”

- Carl Sagan

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death”

- Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.”

- Albert Einstein

“It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.”

- Thomas Jefferson, (letter to Rev. James Madison, July 19, 1788)

“The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”

- Albert Einstein in a letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind, January 3, 1954

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

- Albert Einstein

“Religion is a by-product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn’t killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?”

- Arthur C. Clarke

“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”

- Albert Einstein

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

- Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof”

- Christopher Hitchens