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Sam Harris Quotes: It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
         

It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.


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The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.

The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could believe in isolation.



Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.



A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.



We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.



How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.

How we pay attention to the present moment...determin es the character of our experience and...the quality of our lives.



You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.



How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.

How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.



You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.

You don't get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don't know.



Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker

Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker



The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.





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It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.



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Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.



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The real magic wand is the child's own mind.



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I was happy when I read the script [The Bourne Ultimatum ] - the first version they sent me - to see that before, there's some humanity too.



Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person.

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