Quotes on God, Prophets, Religion the Truth and more...

"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it."Andre Gide, French author

"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." Buddha

"Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth." Ludwig Borne, French author

"Man has created heaven above and hell on earth." G.D. Fury

"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today." Isaac Asimov, American author, biochemist

"Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them."Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher

“We created God in our own image and likeness" George Carlin, American comedian

"The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears." Bill Vaughan, American author

"The wisest prophets make sure of the event first." Horace Walpole, English politician, writer

“When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man” Diogenes, Greek philosopher

“History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men”
Henry Louis Mencken, American journalist

“If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. ” Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist

“It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such impostor and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us” Thomas Paine, English scholar

“Common Sense is not so common" Voltaire, French writer, philosopher

"Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you." George Carlin, American comedian

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