Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.

Shouldn't atheist have an equal obligation to explain pleasure in a world of randomness. Where does pleasure come from?

They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate.

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God