Humans themselves are the source of good and evil, I thought. We must think for ourselves; We are responsible for our own morality. I arrived at the conclusion that I couldn't be honest with others unless I was honest with myself. I wanted to comply with the goals of religion, which are to be a better and more generous person, without suppressing my will and forcing it to obey inhuman rules. I would no longer lie, to myself or others. I had had enough of lying. I was no longer afraid of the Hereafter.
~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel, 2008
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