In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

Religion is based on the insistence that over and above all is a purpose and a guiding hand that is beneficent and kind, and would not leave a hair unnumbered or let a sparrow fall unnoticed to the ground. Those who cherish such hallucinations forget that the all-loving power is inflicting tuberculosis, cancer, famine, and pestilence on the trusting, simple sons of men.

We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.