What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.

Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

The finest friendships are between those who can do without each other.

Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.