Christopher Hitchens Quotes About Purpose

Quotes about: Purpose

• The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Lying, Independent, Thinking

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.3, Basic Books

• Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Purpose, Morality, Stolen

• A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Believe, Rude, Gentleman

  "Look who's talking". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2002.

• In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or some petty abuse of authority. If you have a political loyalty, you may be offered a shady reason for agreeing to a lie or a half-truth that serves some short-term purpose. Everybody devises tactics for getting through such moments; try behaving "as if" they need not be tolerated and are not inevitable.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Loyalty, Bullying, Average

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.39, Basic Books

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