Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.

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.

I would offer congratulations were it not for this tentacle gripping my leg.

We are only different because there exists something to be different from, and it is this difference that bonds us.

Have you ever noticed how bored people are also boring?

I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen!

I think that not being perfect has given me the freedom to keep getting better.

Live up to the best that is in you: Live noble lives, as you all may, in whatever condition you may find yourselves.

The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

[Some outlets] shouldn't even call themselves news providers; they're just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking.

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.