Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth.

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.

Worship God. It’s easier than thinking.

Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.

Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it.

Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear - cut issues and unambiguous speech.

If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.

ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term, it admits of no paltering and no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear-cut issues and unambiguous speech.

We make versions, and true versions make worlds.

When someone gives you advice, just ask them to give it in writing and they will either keep mum or will run from there.

You keep life on a short leash.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” “You’re scared of what you can’t control.

Because it proves that you don't need much to change the entire world for the better. You can start with the most ordinary ingredients. You can start with the world you've got.

Leaders often find themselves temporarily alone.

Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.

I might look as average as the next person but I had a few secrets up my sleeves. And lots of knives of course.

He said we're all going to die,' 'And what did you say?' 'I said that's why i'm here

Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be.

Fatigue is your friend. Through exhaustion and through people just being so depleted, the stuff around the nerve endings gets worn away and other things begin to emerge and you take way bigger risks.