I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.

There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

No nations are more warlike than those which profess Christianity.

It is only common prejudice that induces us to believe that atheism is a fearful state.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.

The second level of prayer is seeking.

The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.

War is much too important a matter to be left to the generals.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation - This story begins and ends in joy.

Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.

I'm not a Buddhist, or a card-carrying member of any religion.

If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.

Design is the only thing that differentiates one product from another in the marketplace.

Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.