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Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop, sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to stop.

Richard Dawkins

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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People Religion True Wise
Science is the poetry of reality.
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One Liner Poetry Reality Science
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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Disguise Inspection Selfish
I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.
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Diversity Enthusiasm Fact Opinion Science
Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop, sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to stop.
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Decision Ideas Life Stop Trick
The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.
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Capable Evolution Existence Principle Selection Theory
The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
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Deep Dinner Fox Life Rabbit Run
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.
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Desire Forsake Life Thankful Vain
Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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Children Education Evidence Thinking
In the beginning was simplicity.
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Beginning One Liner Simplicity
The less you think, the more you believe.
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Believe Minimalism One Liner Thinking
It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
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Acceptance Ignorance Literature Mathematics Science
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
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Atheist Delusion Insanity People Religion Suffering
Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right.
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Animal Evidence Evolution Force Science Survival
Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.
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Atheist Authority Comparison Independence Organization
The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
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Divine Elegance Ideas Reality Science Universe

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