Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order.

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.

All religious and spiritual practices lead to one deep realisation: We Are One. All is One.

Failure is a sign post, directing the right road for life’s journey.

In all human affairs there are efforts there are results and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

The zeal of fools offends at any time.

Never yet were the feelings and instincts of our nature violated with impunity; never yet was the voice of conscience silenced without retribution.

Every society gets encumbered with what is trivial, with dead wood from the past, and with what is positively perverse.

He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.

Don't you get a swollen head. There's always someone who could come and do what you do, maybe even better, so be grateful and work hard.

You are. I'm just fatalistically cheerful. We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can, and we're all gonna die before it ends.