The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know.

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.

Those unuttered words of your smile can rewrite the history of this wonderful world.

I felt you before I knew of your existence, maybe it was a hint from the universe to continue on the yellow brick road, so when I would find you along my travels I would simply just know.

Life is truly lived only when we discover other faiths, festivals, languages and cultures.

Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.

Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings.

I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.

What kills me makes others stronger.

Traditionally, animation has been dominated by men in the past. I don't know why it attracted guys.

We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.

I'm going to admit when I'm clueless, and I'm going to ask people for help when I don't know the answer to something.