Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
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Whatever modern democracies may tell themselves about their commitment to free speech and to diversity of opinion, the values of a given society will uncannily match those of whichever organizations have the scale to pay for runs of thirty-second slots around the nightly news bulletin.
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Being put in our place by something larger, older, greater than ourselves is not a humiliation; it should be accepted as a relief from our insanely hopeful ambitions for our lives.
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
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Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
Alain de Botton
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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