"Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free."

"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

"Caterpillars don't want to burrow inside you, live in your gut or suck your blood. They just want to be butterflies when they grow up. "

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own heart, our own brain is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."

"An Atheist loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist knows that heaven is something for which we should work now - here on earth - for all men together to enjoy. An Atheist thinks that he can get no help through prayer but that he must find in himself the inner conviction and strength to meet life, to grapple with it, to subdue, and enjoy it. An Atheist thinks that only in a knowledge of himself and a knowledge of his fellow man can he find the understanding that will help to a life of fulfillment. Therefore, he seeks to know himself and his fellow man rather than to know a god. An Atheist knows that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist knows that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanquished, war eliminated. He wants man to understand and love man. He wants an ethical way of life. He knows that we cannot rely on a god nor channel action into prayer nor hope for an end to troubles in the hereafter. He knows that we are our brother's keeper and keepers of our lives; that we are responsible persons, that the job is here and the time is now." - Madalyn O'Hair

(Some of) The Issues that I care about:
-Decriminalization of Marijuana
-Standardized free education/healthcare throughout the world
-Freedom of North Koreans
-AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
-Poverty
-Religion and its societal consequences
-Peace in the Middle East
-The Genocide in Darfur