Some Free Thinker Quotes

“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.”

Leo Tolstoy

“It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”

Carl Sagan

“A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”

Albert Einstein

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

Bertrand Russell

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