The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage.

If love and death did not exist, tears would not exist as well!

There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car.

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.

I want the fact that I existed to mean something.

Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys." "Just most waking hours?

I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.

I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.