The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.Marcus Aurelius
It is a nonsense to me when people come along and tell me not to be pessimistic; or that culture has always been going to the bad. Well, yes, it has, and it is an author's job to point it out.Howard Jacobson
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.Sigmund Freud
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.Voltaire
Many a trivial novel has been written about an important subject, and many a profound one about nothing in particular.Howard Jacobson
The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.George Orwell
It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.Simone Weil
At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.Richard Dawkins
