Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Brotherhood is born in adversity.

The quality of your life is determined by the focus of your attention.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Women don't realize how powerful they are

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you.

It is terrible to see someone being beaten up by the English language.

We're only immortal for a limited time.

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

I do believe in Jesus as wholly God and wholly human, and I believe the human part was human.

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.