Secularity Defined Quotes & Sayings

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast. — Walter Winchell

In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength. — Gautama Buddha

Millions of dollars later, and neither of them were happy. Money is wasted on the rich. — Gillian Flynn

Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable. — Jasper Fforde

A lot of times it's tough to make the decision on your own. You know what you want to do and it always helps to have someone to rely on to help you out. — David Ragan

Science is a tool of Common Sense. When we insist that all valid information come from science or doctors, Common Sense becomes uncommon or lost forever. — Richard Diaz

When we read Paul, we are reading somebody else's mail - and unless we know the situation being addressed, his letters can be quite opaque ... It is wise to remember that when we are reading letters never intended for us, any problems of understanding are ours and not theirs. — Marcus J. Borg

Brahma was excessively sparing with earth, water, and fire ... The reckless expenditure of air and ether in his composition was amazing. And, in consequence, he perpetually struggled to outreach the wind, to outrun space itself. Other animals ran only when they had a reason, but the Horse would run for no reason whatever, as if to run out of his own skin. — Rabindranath Tagore

Every time I saw Muslim masses bowed in prayer or the Catholic faithful gathered all I saw was fear. Moronically nodding Hasidim, paint-throwing Hindus, shimmying and jabbering Evangelicals, they were all scared shitless this was all there was. Even the Buddhists (whose crinkled tee-heeing lamas always made me want to slap them) were terrified of their own flesh and blood, needed some disembodied desire-free fairyland to shoot for. — Glen Duncan

No strike could ever be won with a Communist at its head since the employers would make victory impossible. — James P. Cannon

I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity. — Joseph Joubert

The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others. — Timothy Keller

Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but they cannot ensure that one shall work at anything worthwhile. — Arnold J. Toynbee