Clergyman's

“It is thus religion infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity and fanaticism: if he has a heated imagination it drives him on to fury; if he has activity, it makes him a madman, who is frequently as cruel to himself, as he is dangerous and incommodious to others: if, on the contrary, he be phlegmatic or of a slothful habit, he becomes melancholy and is useless to society.”
— Paul Henri Thiry d’Holbach

“If we can’t, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread.”
— Barbara Kingsolver

“Empathy isn’t about you, understanding another person isn’t about you, feeling how another person feels isn’t about you… step outside of your own skin for a change. Respect another person because they are who they are; not because the other person is just like you. Your inability to understand, your inability to empathize, is not a fault on the part of the other person. It is in fact your own disability that you are choosing to live with.”
— C. JoyBell C.