I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.

Secularism is a religion, a religion that is understood. It has no mysteries, no mumblings, no priests, no ceremonies, no falsehoods, no miracles, and no persecutions.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the time all religions tell the truth - each of the other.

Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

The myth of hell represents all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Aye, well, it’s like a battle. Ya lay yer plans, then when they go wrong, ya make things up as ya go.

Ill lose myself in the pain. It might not make sense. But it works.

The theory that something has to be big to have a significant impact is false.

My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.

When in Rome, do as Rome does.

This is the shape I'm in for the tournament. I feel or I felt extremely good before the match, and I did train very, very hard to get ready for the tournament.

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

I live a very dull life here... indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.

Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.