Scriptures may have grains of historical truth within them, but there is also ample hyperbole, speculation and mythology.

If God creates morality, then morality is nothing more than the whimsy of a divine being blindly followed by humans.

Not knowing the answer to a question is not a valid excuse for making up a fairytale to explain it.

There is no evidence to suggest that God helps people. There is, however, ample evidence that people can help themselves and each other.

It is likely that religious beliefs have been so widespread because they tap into the psychological desires of many people, not because there is any external proof of their veracity.

An unknown cause is not the same as divine intervention.

Do what you can to avoid or neutralize conversations which put people down. Think with your heart.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction.

The fragile weave of natural sound is being torn apart by our seemingly boundless need to conquer the environment rather than to find a way to abide in consonance with it.

The more women walk around in sweat pants, the harder it is to tell who's out jogging and who's running away from a mugger.

You don't need to come from wealth or privilege to make a difference.

There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with sunshine, there's got to be a little rain sometime.

People think that atheists have nothing to live for, but that's not true - it's that we have nothing to die for.

No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.