Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They all may collapse altogether.
George SantayanaThat fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.
George SantayanaReligious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the conflicts of religion with science and the vain and bitter controversies of sects; it is also the cause of the impurity and incoherence of religion in the soul.
George Santayana