The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.

What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating.

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

I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

One can't indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself.

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion.