The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Study yourself and develop your personal inspiration routine, applying it to your life every day to help you create the extraordinary life you deserve.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

Boredom is merely a symptom of an apathetic soul.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside

I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life.

In a course of a lifetime, what does it matter?

No man can thoroughly master more than one art or science.