The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

No pope ever condemned slavery.

Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

The absence of theistic belief...

The absence of theistic bel

Do we always do the things that God would take pleasure, or that we do things we think God would take pleasure.

If your ministry can't work without you, then it is no longer Christ-centered. Minister toward Jesus, not yourself.

Life is the reflection of consciousness. Change your consciousness and your life will change.

I’ve had guns pointed at me, and I can tell you that it’s not the right place to be standing if some is really mad at you!

There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous.

I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.

I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.

Well, I quite like animals, but theyre unpredictable. I mean, look at old whats-his-name in Vegas. Tiger dragged him off the stage, you know? The guy brought up tigers. Theyre quite unpredictable.