Anyone who waits for someone else to make a change automatically becomes the follower.
It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.
I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love in the Bible; God is vengeance, from Alpha to Omega.
Let us use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems without relying on prayers and wishful thinking. When we have faith in ourselves, we will find we do not have to have faith in gods.
There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.
I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [. . . ]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?
I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings. I think that, uh, we should use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems, and stop relying on prayer and wishful thinking. If we have faith in ourselves, we won't have to have faith in gods.
Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.
Mother is a verb, not a noun.
[The captain] looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love and was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.
I've always had good mechanics and stuff like that.