In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.
Daniel DennettReligions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down.
Daniel DennettIf you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however deeply you have seen, you have only scratched the surface, you will find worlds within worlds, beauties you could not heretofore imagine, and your own mundane preoccupations will shrink to proper size, not all that important in the greater scheme of things.
Daniel Dennett