But honest men do not pretend to know; they are candid and sincere; they love the truth; they admit their ignorance, and they say, We do not know.

Secularism is a religion, a religion that is understood. It has no mysteries, no mumblings, no priests, no ceremonies, no falsehoods, no miracles, and no persecutions.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the time all religions tell the truth - each of the other.

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

The myth of hell represents all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

In writing, there is art. And in art, there is craft ...

Toss me like a dough and watch me RISE!

Men habitually use only a small part of the powers which they possess and which they might use under appropriate circumstances.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.

The rich people are doing well but regular people suffer. We'll all be better off when we realize that we're part of one big family.

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

That makes climate change a bigger public health problem than AIDS, than malaria, than pandemic flu.

I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.