Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.

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.

In being able to learn from his mistakes and grow, Eisenhower "was transformed from a mere person into a personage.

Beauty arises out of human inspiration.

No amount of advertising can repair the damage done by failing to properly address a customer's concern.

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.

If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.

When you can give without expecting anything in return, you have mastered the art of living.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

Smiles come best from those who weep.

But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.