The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man - usefulness to himself and others.

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.

Thank ye."“For what?"“For bein’ who ye are."Gabby chuckled and shook her head, saying, “And who else could I be?

It's better to be friends with someone that is willing to be your friend than someone that doesn't.

Let's go for our dreams and be stronger than any obstacles.

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS

Don't tax you, don't tax me; Tax the companies across the sea.

The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.

I'm not outright seeking stuff. Because all I want to do is done. I bought my mother a nice house and pretty dress.

When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong to face the world's difficulties.

A thorn can only be extracted if you know where it is.

It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.