“The only angels we need invoke are those of our better nature: reason, honesty, and love. The only demons we must fear are those that lurk inside every human mind: ignorance, hatred, greed, and faith, which is surely the devil's masterpiece.”

Sam Harris

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“We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. They they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves. For natural loves that are allowed to become gods do not remain loves. They are still called so, but can become in fact complicated forms of hatred.”

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“Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the arguments of those who reject such standards, it is usually best in any moral inquiry to start with the original motivation, which in the case of animals we may without embarrassment call love. Human beings love animals as only the higher love the lower, the knowing love the innocent, and the strong love the vulnerable. When we wince at the suffering of animals, that feeling speaks well of us even when we ignore it, and those who dismiss love for our fellow creatures as mere sentimentality overlook a good and important part of our humanity.”

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“We can find different reasons for which we human beings are here. Nonetheless, one thing is clear: besides clothing, eating, or health care, we also need at least three innermost elements to live. Those elements are faith, hope, and love. No matter the way we define those elements; their meaning in reality is worth.”

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“We need to help those we seek to serve, to know for themselves that God not only loves them, but He is ever mindful of them and of their needs.”

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“Those right or left wing radicals are not our problem. Those devils that hurt us are long gone. As men and women, we find the only enemy (with power) we have is our choices to avoid love or cling to it with everything we got!”

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