I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

The abuse dies in a day; but the denial slays the life of the people and entombs the hope of the race.

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.

Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

The word heretic ought to be a term of honour.

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?

A mere society form of Atheism.

I am a great writer.

Being a solution and not a problem proves progression.

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.

The things that you know intellectually when you're young become internalized as you get older. You realize all those clichés.

In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't overuse it or abuse it - that's a waste.

Boys do tell you how they really feel. I think you just have to be in the right place at the right time or maybe be the right person

The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself.

Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.

Never let them know your next move.

Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow; Thou canst help time to furrow me with age, But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage.