The world is in need of less religion and more common sense

Quote by Llewelyn Powys

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No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is...

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,...

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of...

If common sense has not the brilliancy of the sun, it has the fixity of...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if...

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

It was more in our spirit to let things come to rights by the plain...

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things...