It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices.

It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices.

I am an intransigent atheist, though not a militant one. This means that I am not fighting against religion - I am fighting for reason.

It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.

Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it!

Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man had no claws, no fangs, no horns, no great strength of muscle. He must plant his food or hunt it. To plant, he needs a process of thought. To hunt, he needs weapons,and to make weapons - a process of thought. From this simplest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and we have comes from a single attribute of man -the function of his reasoning mind.

As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.