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“I nominate myself” means “I won’t follow.” This isn’t hubris: it is simply the fruit of your decision to live on your own terms.

— Eric Maisel The Atheist’s Way (2009)

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As men’s prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.

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You are free to cut off contact with toxic people and to eliminate toxic beliefs from your system.

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We are on the threshold of understanding a shining idea: that each life can have meaning, even if the universe has none.

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Life is a project to live, not a mystery to unravel.

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Every argument for the objectivity of meaning is merely someone’s attempt to elevate her subjective experience and her opinions above yours and mine.

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