Theisms Quotes & Sayings

I'm against Capitol Punishment in all forms, and I have written many pamphlets on this subject in the manner of Swift's Modest Proposal pamphlet incorporated into Naked Lunch; these pamphlets have marked Naked Lunch as an obscene book. — William S. Burroughs

The only wars here will be civil wars, and those are like killing your own mother. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

My ambitions at this point are modest and mostly surround staying alive. — David Foster Wallace

Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with. — Brian Greene

For all our mythologizing, the margins can be painful and some people are there because they have no choice. — Jon Ronson

I believe," Ash said coldly, "that the words you are looking for are, 'Yes, sir. — Sierra Simone

We don't eat to live, we live to eat because that's a part of the creativity of the day. — Wendell Pierce

All religions promise a reward beyond this life in eternity for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head, of the understanding. — Arthur Schopenhauer

The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy - not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss. — Joseph Campbell

The last god has his own most unique uniqueness and stands outside of the calculative determination expressed in the labels "mono-theism," "pan-theism," and "a-theism." There has been "monotheism," and every other sort of "theism," only since the emergence of Judeo-Christian "apologetics," whose thinking presupposes "metaphysics." With the death of this God, all theisms wither away. The multiplicity of gods is not subject to enumeration but, instead, to the inner richness of the grounds and abysses in the site of the moment for the lighting up and concealment of the intimation of the last god. — Martin Heidegger

Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby. — Penn Jillette