The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression

It would be better if you began to teach others only after you yourself have learned something.

It is my fate to be considered an authority, since I spent my youth rebelling against it.

There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.

The Bible is a collection of honorable, but primitive legends which are still nevertheless pretty childish.

Where there is love, there is no imposition.

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!