Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established.

It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.

I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.

The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.

Man created God in his own image.

The power of thought is the light of knowledge, the power of will is the energy of character, the power of heart is love. Reason, love and power of will are perfections of man.

The power of miracle is the power of imagination.

What yesterday was still religion is no longer such today; and what today is atheism, tomorrow will be religion.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.

Decisions always refer to the future.

Your love for me should be a passionate desire to pray for me daily.

There are places we fear, places we dream, places whose exiles we became and never learned it until, sometimes, too late.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

He tapped one of the ivory spikes between his legs and said, 'There be as good a way to lose your manhood as ever I've seen'.

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

That human, he's a lesser waiting to happen, in my opinion--nothing less, nothing more

It is not a new thing for a thoroughly good and well-meaning preacher´s soft heart to run away with his soft head.

My fears and anxieties throughout my whole life have been slowly squeezing my voice.

If you want to be a photographer, first leave home