Let us use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems without relying on prayers and wishful thinking. When we have faith in ourselves, we will find we do not have to have faith in gods.

There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.

I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love in the Bible; God is vengeance, from Alpha to Omega.

Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant to give up the old ones.

Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy.

The natural is so awesome that we need not go beyond it.

It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.

I am fond of saying that reading the Bible turned me into an atheist.

The Bible, itself the ultimate curse, is an in-depth profile of the divine spleen.

Not only is this not love; I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised.

But I still don't know what kind of monster was this god, until I saw that Jesus deliberately hid his light under a bushel. "Tell no one" was often his command.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Believe in yourself, don't let no man define your future, work hard at your trade as if no man exist to help you and focus should be your lens against distractions.

Humor is my default mode.

Poetry reaches into places in us that we are suppose to ignore or mistrust, that are perceived as subversive or non-useful, in what is fast becoming known as global culture.

If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.

If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity.

Man is but the place where I stand.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.

You’re not going to suck.’’ ‘‘Not at the guitar, anyway,’’ Shane said, deadpan. Claire punched him in the arm. ‘‘Ow.

I've never thought to notate my songs...I tend to just have to remember them.