Religion cannot sink lower than when somehow it is raised to a state religion ... It becomes then an avowed mistress.

God will pardon: That's His business.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord!

In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.

God will forgive me the foolish remarks I have made about Him just as I will forgive my opponents the foolish things they have written about me, even though they are spiritually as inferior to me as I to thee, O God!

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.