Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

I sidestepped the vampire's rush, and drove my half of the former blasting rod down at its back, Buffy-like.Maybe it works better on television.

He sure put things into words good.

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.

Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices.

Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy.

If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.

Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.

I've always said that people are desperate to find meaning in their lives.