The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

The universe looks more and more like a great thought rather than a great machine.

A lot of my fears and anxieties are the fears and anxieties of a six-year-old boy. When I finally confront them, they're really small.

You can't be young always. The day will come when everything will fall apart.

Life's extremities can bring God's proximity.

Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

Perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.

It would be good karma.

The fact is that man has no longing for any other nature but desires only to be perfect in his own.

Cath couldn't stop thinking about Levi and his ten thousand smiles.

The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all.