So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence
Quotes
Bertrand Russell
We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time
T.S. Eliot
I have no problem with Christ, but in my experiences Christians are rarely Christ-like
Dalai Llama
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so
Earl of Chesterfield
You choose your thoughts
Louise L. Hay
I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness, light persists
Mohandas K. Gandhi
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both natural and spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual and a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs, it would be Buddhism
Albert Einstein
The first proof of a well ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself
Seneca
To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely
Jorge Luis Borges
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child
Chinese Proverb