Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.

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.

Enjoy every bit of your life to the fullest. Your compromises and sacrifices will be rewarded.

She counted each second, each moment of life stolen from her, moving her closer to death.

I've found that falling doesn't always leave you fallen for.

Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.

There is no greater thing than standing victorious in the arena.

There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow-being. In this respect I am a Quaker.

Sometimes time actually works against you if you refuse to face the relevant issues and explain to the public what is at stake.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

I just like boys who are good-looking, really! I like people who are tall with a good sense of style. My faves are the indie look, the smart look or the surfer look.

It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs.