In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

I suppose that one is always tempted to challenge those who think that they and they alone possess the truth or the way or the key to the mystery.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.

Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them.

Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.

Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade could have made up a sicker religion. It's no wonder that those brought up in such a culture hate life and enjoy inflicting pain. All societies are sick but some are sicker than others. Christian societies are certainly the sickest.