Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable.

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.

The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.

Violence is temporary, but learning is permanent.

A counter to a jab is a left hook. What’s the counter to prejudice?

With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.

This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team.

My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.

You must stop worrying about why things happen and wonder what they mean when they do.

The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.

Who lacks confidence speaks lies more readily.

There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else would overset the brain, or break the heart.