Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray Jews wildered, Magians far on error’s way. We mortals are composed of two great schools Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.

The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

They all err - Muslims, Christians, Jews and Magians. There are two kinds of humans - the intelligent, who have no religion, and the religious, who have no intellect.

A little doubt is better than total credulity.

O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness-and their law is dust.

The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains.

Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.

Hold tight to what is most yourself, Don't squander it, don't let your lifeBe governed by what disturbs you.

Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.

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Good men's actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel's charityIs carefully planned to please.

We have to be alone, to know that we are everything!

So, yes, I lied, And, believe me, I am so sorry. But I was so in love with you and I didn't know what to do about it and I didn't want to give you any reason not fall in love with me back

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.

I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all, unless they use it in a way that doesn't call attention to itself.

Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their purpose, as we change a blunt lancet that we have used long enough.

The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.

If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City are not actual gold, they are far finer.