I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.

No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.

They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.

Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.