Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Secularism is a religion, a religion that is understood. It has no mysteries, no mumblings, no priests, no ceremonies, no falsehoods, no miracles, and no persecutions.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the time all religions tell the truth - each of the other.

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

The myth of hell represents all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

You cannot perform acts of evil in the name of a greater good, because the good suffers. It is corrupted by what has been done in its name.

Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.

Turn around, Piglet. Step lightly, Pooh. This silly ol' dance is perfect for two.

Personally, I've made myself a very small window of what I enjoy in this business, which is I love being a big part of the storytelling process.

To set sail somewhere is more important than life itself.

If you want to change society then you must tell an alternative story.

Our fans would never waste good beer by pouring it on us.

First you fall in love with Antarctica, and then it breaks your heart.

Confidences are always risky: a secret entrusted to a stranger make him less of one. You've given away something of yourself, given him the advantage.

It's still relatively rare to have an epidemiologist at a zoo.