The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

No pope ever condemned slavery.

Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

The absence of theistic belief...

The absence of theistic bel

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back.

Through discipline comes freedom.

If the apple hit Newton’s nose, Newton’s nose hit the apple.

I inherited good skin from my mother, and I stay away from soap, which dries it out.

I think everybody at IBM knows the early 1990s disaster, and its in our fabric that you cannot miss the ship.

I love making observations. That one is a classic example.

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.

The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'