“ As a convinced atheist, I ought to agree with Voltaire that Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil. Without the stern, joyless rabbis and their 613 dour prohi… Christopher Hitchens
“ The matter on which I judge people is their willingness, or ability, to handle contradiction. Thus was better than Burke when it came to the principle of the French revolution, but Burke did and said… Christopher Hitchens
“ I am not much given to profanity, but when I am sorely aggravated and vexed in spirit I declare to you that it comes as such a relief to me, such a solace to my troubled soul, and brings me such Heave… Col. Robert G. Ingersoll
“ Dare to contradict the scientist, not because of your scripture, but because of your own rational thinking. Abhijit Naskar
“ Words to intrigue, inspire, examine, question, praise; Words to help us appreciate our world, our selves, our games; Words to dance our true soul fires gracefully free. Jay Woodman
“ Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind ... when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement,… Friedrick Engels
“ I am often described to my irritation as a 'contrarian' and even had the title inflicted on me by the publisher of one of my early books. (At least on that occasion I lived up to the title by ridiculi… Christopher Hitchens
“ What do we free spirits want? We just want to think our own thoughts and feel our own feelings. Why should that be a problem for anyone else? Marty Rubin
“ Remember that it is 'free-thinking Jews,' not Jews as such, who are defined as the undesirables by T.S. Eliot in . Christopher Hitchens
“ A truly free man is not free 'from' anything, nor free 'to' anything, he is just free. Free within himself. Ilyas Kassam
“ The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. Baruch Spinoza
“ Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.- Langston Hughes
“ But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is b… H.L. Mencken
“ It was Buddhism that inspired the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, and, through him, attracted Richard Wagner. This Orientalism reflected the struggle of the German Romantics, in the words of Léon P… Joscelyn Godwin
“ It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controv… Bertrand Russell
“ You don't understand, you fool' says Yegor, looking dreamily up at the sky. 'You've never understood what kind of person I am, nor will you in a million years... You just think I'm a mad person who ha… Anton Chekhov
“ Dogma is a defence against the brain’s capacity for free thought based on the fear that such thought might lead to a scary place. Joe Blow
“ Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding. Steve Maraboli
