The source of man's unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.

All religions are ancient monuments to superstition, ignorance and ferocity.

All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.

All religious notions are uniformly founded on authority; all the religions of the world forbid examination, and are not disposed that men should reason upon them.

Nature, you say, is totally inexplicable without a God. That is to say, to explain what you understand very little, you have need of a cause which you understand not at all.

The unhappiness of people is due to their ignorance of nature.

If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.

It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.

Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.

It is very strange that men should deny a Creator and yet attribute to themselves the power of creating eels.

Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.

Twas something else. I had come to hate her, you see. I had come to wish her dead, and that was what held me back.

...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight...

There is no serving God without serving man

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.

Poetry can be the bridge, the crossover point in the mind between the physical and the spiritual. A place where the two can meet.

If you watch 'E.T.' and say that there are holes in the story because this alien lands, then don't go to the movie! It drives me insane.

Celebrate your own special spirit fly on the wings of your secret dreams

You know who a complicated tax code kills? The guy or gal trying to start a business out of the spare bedroom of their home. So we've got to simplify our tax code.

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth.