"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
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