Be true to yourself. Never compromise.
One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.
We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.
PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.
It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an afterlife reside in the social networks that we influenced while we were alive. If we influence people in a positive way -- even if our social web is only as big as our nuclear family -- others will want to emulate us and pass on our ideas, manners, and lifestyle to future generations. This is more than enough motivation for me to do good things in my life and teach my children to do the same.
Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.
So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet.
I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I'm trying to sleep.
It's human nature for people to expect people to be what they see on the screen.
His words sliced through my heart, cutting it into little pathetic pieces.
The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it.