Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion. It's the absence of religion, and that's a wonderful thing.
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
I am afraid that, like Timon of Athens, I just cannot let go of my friendships.
A horseman's head is in Athens, and his body is in London: Poseidon's torso is separated between Greece and the U.K. This means that they cannot be celebrated and appreciated as a whole in the country they came from.
You cannot be from Atlanta and not know who Gucci Mane is, period.
We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it great.
The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
Israel cannot afford a war of attrition.
In the United States, there is no project so audacious for which people cannot be found to guarantee the cost and find the working expenses.
Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur.
There is much that makes one pause in 'If This is a Man', the record of Levi's 11-month incarceration in Auschwitz, much one cannot read without needing to lay aside the book and inhale the breath of common air.
You have got to keep autistic children engaged with the world. You cannot let them tune out.
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.