Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

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 explanation has been written already in the three words that were many enough, and plain enough, for my confession. I loved her.

The Spirit, and your soul are not the same things. The Spirit is God - the source. Your soul is God's imagination.

We all take the path leading to the mountain but don’t realize how cold it is at the top!

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

I've seen death and I didn't like it.

At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge.

My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.

You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.

Love, thine is the future. Death, I use thee, but I hate thee. Citizens, there shall be in the future neither darkness nor thunderbolts; neither ferocious ignorance nor blood for blood.