DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.
RICHARD DAWKINSThings exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.
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The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
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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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When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
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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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Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
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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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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.
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Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.
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Being an atheist frees you up to live this life properly, happily, and fully.
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Religious faith, is a state of mind, that leads people to believe in something, it doesn’t matter what, without a whisper of doubt, or a whiff of evidence, and believe so strongly in some cases, that they are prepare to kill and die for it, without the need for further justification.
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