To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
CLARENCE DARROWIn spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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