Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing.

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.

Old radicals never changed. They just got law degrees and updated their bag of tricks.

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.

Donald Trump and Senator Cruz have occasional Manichean tendencies.

They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy law.

It's not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines!

The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.

And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said "I think I need a hair.

Free spirited free riders they're on their way but don't know where they're going.