But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

We do not believe in the notion of God's chosen people. We laugh at this people's fancies and weep over its misdeeds. To act as God's chosen people is not only stupid and arrogant, but a crime against humanity. We call it racism.

Superstitious." What a strange word. If you believed in Christianity or Islam, it was called "faith". But if you believed in astrology or Friday the thirteenth it was superstition! Who had the right to call other people's belief superstition?

To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap.

...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if you ask me.

The stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!