To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

The clothes may vary, but the person is the same.

I've never made the separation between, say, the museum and the hardware store. I mean, I enjoy both of them, and I want to combine the two.

Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.

I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?'

It seems like you can't actually have really bad hair or be bald and run for President of the United States.

When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.

We really want to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity, even those who aren't helping us directly.

Barbie is my fashion icon. People think I'm Paris Barbie - and it's a compliment.

Witches aren’t like that. We live in harmony with the great cycles of Nature, and do no harm to anyone, and it’s wicked of them to say we don’t. We ought to fill their bones with hot lead.

A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity.