“ Whosoever wishes to know about the world
must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be ready for the
unexpected.” Heraklietos of Ephesos
“ In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand,
and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand
from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.”
Mark twain
“ The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin,
will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.”
Thomas Jefferson
“ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moyniham
“ When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease
to grow.” Anais Nin
“ The way
to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.” Benjamin Franklin
“ As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.” Voltaire
“ The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we
may come upon the truth.” Pierre Abelard
“ Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief
is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be
of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to
be true.” The Buddha
“To
argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine
“ In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
" A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. " Groucho Marx
