No diety will save us; we must save ourselves.

Only a fool of a scientist would dismiss the evidence and reports in front of him and substitute his own beliefs in their place.

Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations.

Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.

A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.

Parents have no right to impose their religion on their children... A Fundamentalist Protestant parent has no right to expect the state to support his own narrow conception of education.

Life, when fully lived under a variety of cultural conditions, can be euphoric and optimistic; it can be a joy to experience and a wonder to behold.

The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.

Three key humanist virtues are courage, cognition, and caring - not dependence, ignorance, or insensitivity to the needs of others.

Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment.

We cannot remain silent when someone of the Pope's stature and credibility confuses religious principles for science

It wasn’t every day a girl lost her virginity, not to mention to a delicious, perfect specimen of man. One who had wings, to boot.

Don't you think you ought to at least think about getting yourself to your ultimate? Because, trust me, nobody else is going to get you there.

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades.

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.

I realised I'd spent a lot of time in my poetry trying to find a way of talking about that whereof we cannot speak.

Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

The way to be anxious about nothing is to be prayerful about everything.

My room is so small, the mice are hunchbacked.

The lesson which wars and depressions have taught is that if we want peace, prosperity and happiness at home we must help to establish them abroad.

But Fascism cannot continue in a modified form.