We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know.

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.

Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy.

Dream is a destiny.

Always seemed to me, as far as conscience goes, the sweet spot is you either be poor enough you can't afford to have one or rich enough you can afford to hire someone to carry the weight.

I did get a degree in special education.

If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be as great as the best.

If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.

The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen.

I'm crazy," said Ender. "But I think I'm OK.

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.