It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

...the wrath of God pales beside that of man.

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.

Practice makes perfect.

My sister called me "Buzzard" when I was a baby - she couldn't say "Brother" so I've been Buzz my whole life.

Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.

In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

One response to feeling abandoned is to abandon yourself.

I believe in good luck, and the harder I work and the more I believe in myself, the luckier I get.