Intelligence is the only moral guide.

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.

Life is not always fair. Sometimes you get a splinter sliding down a rainbow.

People won't respect you until you achieve the respectable goals.

Scars we have today are the constant reminder of our past. They are our auto energizer in our journey toward the future. No need to fear the scars.

All you'll get from strangers is surface pleasantry or indifference. Only someone who loves you will criticize you.

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

It seems impossible that you can love one person so much, no matter what happens, no matter what they do.

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.