We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus.

Heartbreak is life educating us.

The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments; its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to poetry.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!