7 Quotes by Dale McGowan

Fear believes – courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays – courage stands erect and thinks. Fear is barbarism – courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science.

Children’s understanding of morality is the same whether they’re of one religion, another religion or no religion. But if it’s simply indoctrination, it’s worse than doing nothing. It interferes with moral development.” – Larry Nucci, director, Office for Studies in Moral Development, University of Illinois.

It was like finding a long-lost brother who farts in the same key.

I should’ve been a nun, he says, half aloud, as his feet leave the ledge.

The main goal of education should always be to learn how to learn, to become an independent thinker.

The highest ethical duty is often to discard the outmoded ethics of the past.” – Corliss Lamont, humanist philosopher.

Where there is no critical thinking, there is no progress. If the children are our future, then critical thinking must be their guide.