Words are the small change of thought.

I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.

I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?

We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.