I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.

I have often thought that when I do die it will be of sheer boredom.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion.

Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.