They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.

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.

I love you more than I think I should.

Money might be a reward (by-product) but should not always be the only goal of your efforts and enterprise.

The great works are produced in such an ecstasy of love that they must always be unworthy of it, however great their worth otherwise.

Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack

Corruption is simply crime without conscience.

A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing.

We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas.

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.

There's an old saying about truth setting you free. Don't buy it. Sometimes the truth slams the cell door shut and throws a thousand bolts.