The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.

Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size

I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.