It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise...

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

Real love hurts, real love makes you totally open and vulnerable. Real love will take...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are...

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is...

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move...

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves,...

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves,...

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven his own way.

All religions must be tolerated... for... every man must get to heaven his own way.

No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder. Anyone...

No true Witches today practice human sacrafice, torture, or any form of ritual murder. Anyone...