There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so, and you cannot be happy by going cross lots; you have got to go the regular turnpike road.

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.

Read the scriptures daily.

I also came to understand that our authenticity (or lack thereof) is made evident by the fruit that our life is bearing.

'The Hobbit' was one of the first biggish books I ever read. I remember vividly the 'riddles in the dark' passage, and it meant a lot to me to finally get to play it after all these years.

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.

There's a death sentence for your Robin of Locksley.

He grinned, though his face was strained. “That’s it, love. Use me to make yerself feel good.

What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.

Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light.

It is all about confidence: 90% mental and 10% physical, that is what basketball is. I live by that and it seems to be working.