The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.

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.

Enjoy every minute. There's plenty of time to be dead.

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.

True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.

Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.

I have no clan, nor any rank. I am unique.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

See yourself always as cause, and perhaps a better world will be found among your effects.

Care not for time and success. Act out thy part, whether it be to fail or to prosper.