Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. - Umberto Eco
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.
- Umberto Eco
Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. Today it is only in the most bac… - Umberto Eco
Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. Today it is only in the most bac…
The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come. - Umberto Eco
The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means. - Umberto Eco
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means.
Love is wiser than wisdom. - Umberto Eco
Love is wiser than wisdom.
If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot. - Umberto Eco
If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.
There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four. - Umberto Eco
There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.
When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything. - Umberto Eco
When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big. - Umberto Eco
Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.
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