Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

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.

There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.

Believe none of what you hear...and even less of what you see...this is what we'll be.

If you're defending a lie, you can only defend it with obfuscations and other lies. You can't defend a lie with the truth.

I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Hint: money flows into most funds after good performance, and goes out when bad performance follows.

Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness.

I don't see no black and white couples in England or America walking around proud holding their children and going out.

My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.