What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers a way out.

The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century.

The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

Through the greatness of the universe, which philosophy contemplates, the mind also is rendered great, and becomes capable of that union with the universe which constitutes its highest good.

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.

The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.