We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. —H. L. Mencken More about this quote Tags: religion respect subjectivity relativism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Moral: a peerless maxim enumerated by God in his Holy Bible, such as that of Deut. 23.1: "If your testicles are crushed or your male member missing, you must never enter a sanctuary of the Lord. —Donald Morgan More about this quote Tags: God morality sexuality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays. —Cathy Ladman More about this quote Tags: humor religion guilt holidays Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow the teachings of the New, he would be insane. —Robert G. Ingersoll More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have died so little today, friend, forgive me. —Thomas Lux More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How did I get so lucky to have my heart awakened to others and their suffering? —Pema Chödrön More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To always be intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it — this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed. —Sir Walter Scott More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back. —Turkish proverb More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human? —Paulo Freire More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is always time to make right / what is wrong. —Susan Griffin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them. —Francois de La Rochefoucauld More about this quote Tags: forgiveness secrecy defects Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I will never apologize for the United States of America. I don't care what the facts are. —George H. W. Bush More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. —Judith Martin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To the loved ones of the victims of 9/11, to them who are here in the room, to those who are watching on television: Your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard, but that doesn't matter, because we failed. And for that failure, I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and for your forgiveness. —Richard A. Clarke More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation. —George W. Bush More about this quote Tags: power responsibility speech explanation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email