It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Quote by Thomas Paine

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My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of...

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of...

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none...

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none...

Is it popular to pay our debts, to do justice, to defend the injured and...

Is it popular to pay our debts, to do justice, to defend the injured and...

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism