I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

No pope ever condemned slavery.

Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

The absence of theistic belief...

The absence of theistic bel

The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift

The smile of a stranger can lead you into your joy

Greatness is a wall

Also something that you don't have to listen to from beginning to end - you can enter at any point and leave at any point.

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.

I have been accused of sleeping with people, I hadn't met yet.

It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.

Part 3 BACK TO SCHOOL (THE NORMAL KIND)

Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful.

The hardest step for a runner to take is the first one out the door.