Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.

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.

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.

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

Personal experience is the slowest way of learning. Combine your personal experience with other people’s experiences.

Our psychological and spiritual vigilance is very important during a time of persecution

Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition.

We worship God through our questions.

Change is non-linear and can go backwards, forwards and sideways

Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty - and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you.

I'm the man of a million names.

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.

Being precedes Truth, and ... Truth precedes the Good.

Light always underestimates the viciousness of Darkness