The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.

I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.

We're all killers at heart . . . . I have never taken anybody's life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

Everything serious that he says is a joke and everything humorous that he says is dead serious.

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.