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To: Blasher who wrote (43467)	11/26/2013 2:55:46 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Wrong dumb-dumb I don't trash Jefferson I often post his quotes. He was a man of his time to and owned slaves and he deplored slavery. Jefferson Quotes... It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature. I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. Jefferson once said: I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. Epicurus Quotes A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding. I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble. It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life. It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need. You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.