Once the divinity we worshipped made itself visible and comprehensible, we crucified it.

It would positively be a relief to me to dig Shakespeare up and throw stones at him.

I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whisky, and religion.

I was a freethinker before I knew how to think.

The buried truth germinates and breaks through to the light.