The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.

The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be at least partially evil.

Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending us.

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.

I did not know I loved you until I heard myself telling so, for one instance I thought, "Good God, what have I said?" and then I knew it was true.

Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not forbidden by the code.