Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

God is light. God is life.

Maintain a persistent focus of what you want

Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.

The problem of using your time well is not a problem of the mind but of the heart.

Words are a pretty fuzzy substitute for mathematical equations.

Nature's message is clear: we can't keep doing what we're doing now.

Dreams are not theirs to take!

My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur.

This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.