The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.

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

Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it.

I have nowhere claimed nor even implied that unbelief is a guarantee of good conduct or even an indicator of it.

I'm terrified of losing my voice.

The stupider the regime the more intelligent the people get and the more humorous.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.