Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics

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.

Having total belief in your own efforts can't help much but can only be your best point of total failure.

He supposed that even in Hell, people got an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst when it set in again.

If You Are Feeling Blue, Try To Paint The Sky With It. When Its Done, Look At It And Then Definitely The Golden Sun Will Come Out From You To Brighten Up Your Entire Day....

There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.

I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events.

―You realize I can hear you without the annoying intercom. Cookie and I both leaned forward and looked at each other through the doorway. ―But this is more fun, I said. ―More Star Trekkie.

You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.

Nothing in our lives is a mere insignificant detail to God.

There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure

I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy a night of Americana and good times.