How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

There is strife (trouble) the moment one enters the worldly life and bliss the moment one enters the Self [the Soul].

The greatest riches are the gift of life, strength and wisdom.

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.

There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.

For Frito-Lay!" - Newel and Doren

You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

Whatever follows 'I AM' will always come looking for you!

Your thoughts, your words, and your actions created the life you are living. You create your results—no one else.

I'm so fair that I didn't go in the sun as a child. When all my friends were on the beach, I was going to ballet. The teachers there didn't like you going in the sun, so I never did.

[Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.