My own mind is my own church.

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 best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today.

I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.

When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.

Little by little, one travels far

Fasting breaks the spirit of heaviness.

Eee-nee-mee-nee-my-nee-moe

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.

I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.

Not all complex problems have easy solutions; so says science (so warns science.)

With me, as a town clerk or city manager, there are certain things that I'm supposed to do - if I don't do them, then I don't deserve to continue in this post.