To proclaim himself an agnostic, while to some it might appear more respectable and cautious, would be to say in effect that he hadn't decided what to believe.

It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the first cities grew up.

Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.

Don't take our word for it. Read the Bible itself. Read the statements of preachers. And you will understand that God is the most desperate character, the worst villain in all fiction.

A good title is a work of a genius!

To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the interests of mankind.

Theism tells men that they are the slaves of a God. Atheism assures men that they are the investigators and users of nature.

Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?

I'll give you the sun, when rain cleans your tears.

We are our own gods.

I'd just like to be treated like a regular customer.

there is less alms-giving in America than in any other Christian country on the face of the globe. It is not in the temper of the people either to give or to receive.

Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.

I have everything I need. A square of sky, a piece of stone, a page, a pen, and memory raining down on me in sleeves.

If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.

I was not happy as a child, although from time to time I was content. I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

Donald Trump's words are are not funny, his words are poisonous.

He touches my face, covering my cheeks with his hands, sliding his fingertips down my neck, fitting his fingers to the slight curve of my hips. I can't stop.