Give us a religion that will help us to live - we can die without assistance.
Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.
There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.
The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.
Don't make excuses, make good.
Organized religion, being founded on superstition, is, perforce, not scientific. And all that which is not scientific - that is, truthful - must be bolstered up by force, fear and falsehood. Thus we always find slavery and organized religion going hand in hand.