For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

It isn't the amount you spend today, it's what you want to invest in for the future!

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

Amazing grace, amazing life.

If we set our priority "the removal of all risk", we'll soon have sterile, stagnant, and unstimulating learning environments.

Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.

Don’t be afraid, be terrified

It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.

People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.

The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.

The Devil deserves zero tolerance.