Necessary - Quotes
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn`t require religion at all.
For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient to exhibit the true; it is also necessary to expose and denounce the false.
To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.
We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction.
Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary. ?
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
The truth is, we can’t keep our children safe, all we can do is love them, teach them as best we can, and then trust in their destinies as they embark on their own necessary journeys, out beyond the sheltered shores of childhood.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
It`s always necessary to know when a stage of one`s life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed, you lose the joy and meaning of the rest.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.