"There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice."
― Thomas Paine
Topic(s):
Nature
More From Thomas Paine
- "One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests."
- "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
- "Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."
More In Nature
- "Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context."― Margaret J. Wheatley
- "To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature."― Bodhidharma
- "Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another."― Arthur Schopenhauer