The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.

Man can find meaning in life only through devoting himself to society.

Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.

A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think

About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church... As long as I can remember. I have resented mass indoctrination. I cannot prove to you there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him, I would be a liar. I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws