Tumblr (3.0; @rationaloptimist)http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b53cbbee0ece9c77aa9103c84f367396/tumblr_mj04gh7QW61s6zdqso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/47301513693http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/47301513693Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:16:31 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b9fc0dcf830acb2d432e29a0e203646e/tumblr_mj2qawlaGh1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/44459678993http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/44459678993Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:00:44 -0700chesskasparovsting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/815b96c3c1b0fa976b5c2466496bba31/tumblr_mfekt4MYfp1rht5d4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gunsandbuttr.com/post/38511588734/aunty-fascist-banksy-quote-truth" target="_blank">subverty</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://aunty-fascist.tumblr.com/post/38496142755/banksy-quote" target="_blank">aunty-fascist</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Banksy quote</p> </blockquote> <p>Truth!</p> </blockquote>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/44439814097http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/44439814097Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:25:04 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/db5916c4461f5a62ccb130f26b006b45/tumblr_mj2pwbfHLn1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/44439780940http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/44439780940Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:24:11 -0700librariesbooks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7i1yd84oa1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/27685878381http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/27685878381Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:25:25 -0700atheismReligionvictor hugo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4baqzVnQ41r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23614412614http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23614412614Wed, 23 May 2012 09:56:35 -0700clarence darrowReligion<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4baolGnbT1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23547618141http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23547618141Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:38 -0700johnny rottenrebellion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4balvWA5a1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23486806690http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23486806690Mon, 21 May 2012 10:14:39 -0700patriotismimperialismaldous huxley<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bairp1hr1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23403033631http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/23403033631Sun, 20 May 2012 01:06:27 -0700bookslibrariesreadingmark twain<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22vndYqnb1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/20612667772http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/20612667772Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:57:13 -0700environmentaldo leopold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m19sqctlDX1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/19720864103http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/19720864103Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:03:48 -0700rachel carsonenvironment<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpm04Sts31r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17965933210http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17965933210Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:52:52 -0700confuciusreadingignorance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6ovm6cRK1r7qpeho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17415943411http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17415943411Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:30:59 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3aetOplt1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17273887441http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17273887441Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:35:17 -0700darwinevolutionignorance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxvy1fih11r0o0a3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17114711338http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17114711338Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:34:49 -0700bookslibraries<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyuykpeqxE1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17083381517http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17083381517Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:42:12 -0700chessdavid bowie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo9_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysho9aCSR1rnde1eo10_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bouncingdodecahedrons.tumblr.com/post/16943726798" target="_blank">bouncingdodecahedrons</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“On our small planet, at this moment, here we face a critical branch point in history. What we do with our world right now will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully affect the destiny of our descendants. It is well within our power to destroy our civilization, and perhaps our species as well. If we capitulate to superstition, greed, or stupidity, we can plunge our world into a darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilization and the Italian Renaissance. But, we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet, to enhance enormously our understanding of the universe, and to carry us to the stars.”</em></p> </blockquote>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17021059845http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17021059845Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:35:38 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyuyb86IUc1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>“And, Mr. Chairman, I stand for the separation of Church and State, and the reason that I stand for that is the same reason that I believe our forefathers did. It is not there to protect religion from the grasp of government but to protect our government from the grasp of religious fanaticism. Now, I may be an atheist, but that does not mean I do not go to church. I do go to church. The church I go to is the one that emancipated the slaves, that gave women the right to vote, that gave us every freedom that we hold dear. My church is this very Chapel of Democracy that we sit in together, and I do not need God to tell me what are my moral absolutes. I need my heart, my brain, and this church.”</em></p> <p>—Senator Laine Hanson (<strong>Joan Allen</strong>) - <em>‘The Contender’</em> (2000)</p>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17020999520http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/17020999520Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:33:08 -0700politicsatheismReligion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyk0mwB31a1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/16689419250http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/16689419250Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:49:44 -0700philosophyErich FrommConsumerism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxfptry4L1r0o0a3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/15994741289http://rationaloptimist.tumblr.com/post/15994741289Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:10:41 -0700brad pittatheismReligion