Guided by reason, informed by science, motivated by compassion
“It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration [...]
Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom.” — Thomas Paine, Common Sense, a 1776 pamphlet arguing that [...]
Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. — Anonymous Today, President-elect Obama and people across the globe committed themselves to service, and volunteered their time and effort in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.