“Men talk of heaven,
-there is no but here;
Men talk of hell,
-there is no hell but here;
Men of the hereafters talk, and future lives, –
O love, there is no other life – but here.”
– Omar Khayyam
“Look not above, there is no answer there;
Pray not, for no one listens to your prayer;
NEAR is as near to God as any FAR,
And HERE is just the same deceit as THERE.”
– Omar Khayyam
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
“Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people.”
– Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney
“The trouble with Islam is deeply rooted in its teachings. Islam is not only a religion. Islam (is) also a political ideology that preaches violence and applies its agenda by force.”
– Wafa Sultan
“Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.”
– Denis Diderot