[A]nti-Semitism was rife in almost all varieties of socialism.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

Free yourself from fruitlessly worrying about things you can’t control and put your energy towards the things you can. Seize the day and take effective action on things you can change.

No man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.

When my daughter was born, that was the first time I cried from happiness.

Illness is often a sign that you need to make an adjustment in your life path.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

We consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions and organs with our own, and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of pain and fear.

Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great.

You must never fear anything at all.