Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving. If God made me — the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love — He also made the fish I catch and eat. And where do His mercy, kindness, and love for that fish come in? No; nature made us — nature did it all — not the gods of the religions.
[October 2, 1910, interview in the NY Times Magazine]
Tag: nature atheism superstition gods contradiction loving fable merciful
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
Thomas A. EdisonTo do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
Thomas A. EdisonThere's a way to do it better - find it.
Thomas A. EdisonTo invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Thomas A. EdisonWe are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy--sun, wind and tide. I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
Thomas A. EdisonNon-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
Thomas A. EdisonTag: vegetarianism ethics non-violence
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. EdisonWhen you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
Thomas A. EdisonTag: inspirational wise-words
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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