Aristocracy has a tendency to degenerate the human species.

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.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.

Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.

Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.

Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.

Certain things are so important that they need to be discovered alone.

The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.

We are saved by grace, through faith in Christ alone! And since there is no room for human merit there can be no grounds for human boasting!