Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

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.

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

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.

There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.

The key to handling problems and conflict within an organization is to keep the channels of communication wide open.

I guess I'll never measure up to anyone's expectations. I surely don't measure up to what I'd like to be.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

There is no true liberty for the individual except as he finds it in the liberty of all. There is no true security for the individual except as he finds it in the security for all.

Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.

You create your own reality. There is no other rule.

Businesses should be focused on business and social responsibility should be government responsibility.