A little bit of humanism

Read a thoroughly decent and nicely compact book which works well to be dipped into and re-read plenty of times for a reminder and pleasant perspective on life, the universe and everything.

It's The Little Book of Humanism and there was a pretty good quote that caught my eye (and not even from the book’s authors!) but like all good quotes, it makes you think...

If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band, a throbbing vein, and a needle, tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.

Zadie Smith