"Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad." ― Thomas Paine Topic(s): Nature Tags: every, religion More From Thomas Paine "Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them." "Human nature is not of itself vicious." "To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches." More In Nature "The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them."― Antoine de Saint-Exupery "Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps."― Honore de Balzac "People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast."― Thomas Kincade