David Hayden quotes

“Which is more improbable - that the trillions of solar systems in the known universe exploded from something smaller than a pinhead or that there is an invisible, omniscient moral intelligence present everywhere that has the highest tolerance for cruelty?”
-- David Hayden

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“Once you let go of your morals, everything becomes funny”
-- David Hayden

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“You should never write your own resume, personal ad, or obituary. In all three cases it is better to show your humility by letting someone else lie for you.”
-- David Hayden

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“The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We have always been opposed to extremist tendencies of Islam and we still are. We have not stopped insisting on defending an Islam of tolerance which would be profitable to every Muslim, in Afghanistan and in the whole world, and we will always defend it.”

“There is a simple maxim that I use to express this situation, 'when tolerance becomes a one way street, it leads to cultural suicide.'”

“While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.”

Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Meaning of Life"), 1990.

“The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.”

Source : "The Caging of America" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. January 30, 2012.

“We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.”

Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 61), 1937.

“We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations.”

“The fundamental premise of liberalism is the moral incapacity of the American people.”

Source : Alan Keyes' Speech at the Christian Coalition Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, www.keyesarchives.com. February 6, 1999.

“I am the visible part of the invisible Christ. He is the invisible part of the visible me.”

“If you can be still enough and common enough, then it's really easy to be invisible.”

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.”