In the beginning was simplicity.
RICHARD DAWKINSHow thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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If there is a human moral to be drawn, it is that we must teach our children altruism, for we cannot expect it to be part of their biological nature.
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Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.
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Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
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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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We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.
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The less you think, the more you believe.
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The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened.
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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
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We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
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We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.
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It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver.
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The majority of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all.
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DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
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American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
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Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.
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