Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.

Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you're not good, the good people will throw you to the wolves. So you might as well just be bad

Have you ever thought what a God would be like who actually ordained and executed the cruelty that is in [the biblical Book of Revelation]? A holocaust of mankind. Yet so many of these Bible-men accept the idea without a second thought.

Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.

The lives God gives to us, the awful things we can’t escape from. Sometimes I think that sort of God would enjoy making hell for us after we die.

The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.

In worshipping their nationhood men worship themselves and scorn others, and that is no healthy thing.