It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe who loves you personally. It's not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isn't it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required than the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you?
Thou shalt not take anything on faith - Penn Jillette
Thou shalt not take anything on faith
- Penn Jillette
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forci… - Penn Jillette
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forci…
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.' - Penn Jillette
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
Comedy is taken care of by a free market. - Penn Jillette
Comedy is taken care of by a free market.
Everyday is an atheist holiday. - Penn Jillette
Everyday is an atheist holiday.
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things. - Penn Jillette
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things.
God works in mysterious, inefficient, and breathtakingly cruel ways - Penn Jillette
God works in mysterious, inefficient, and breathtakingly cruel ways
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance. - Penn Jillette
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance.
If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most. - Penn Jillette
If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most.
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