It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.

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.

It was weird the way you could be friends with someone but not really know the ugly parts of their lives. We all had our secrets, I supposed.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.

Your passion for words & sentence structure should equal a painter's passion for color & brushstroke.

Sadness diminishes a man's powers

The devils enter uninvited when the house stands empty. For other kinds of guests, you have to first open the door.

Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad.

The reason for designing new media is simple - to subtly and quietly change the world.

I'm not in a hurry to do a lot of projects. I am very resolved in each project I take on.

Protecting life is a value that matters. Whether it is stopping partial birth abortion which I think is a barbarism. Or whether it is fairly enforcing the criminal laws against Planned Parenthood.