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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

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The suppression of uncomfortable ideasmay be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no placein the endeavor of s...more

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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if ...more

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Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astounding universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.

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All that we have seen is something of a vast and intricate and lovely universe. There is no particular theological conclusion that comes out of an exe...more

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The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.

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I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to be...more

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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.

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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.

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In that case, on behalf of Earthlife, I urge that, with full knowledge of our limitations, we vastly increase our knowledge of the Solar System and th...more

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The hole in the ozone layer is a kind of skywriting. At first it seemed to spell out our continuing complacency before a witch's brew of deadly perils...more

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The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of you are wrong? It's a possibility,...more

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National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to...more

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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.

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The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us -- there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in th...more