Advances in science help to delegitimize the rule of kings and the power of the Church.
If one wants to be an ox one can easily turn one's back on hum suffering and look after one's own skin.
Religion is the balm of the people.
On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.
To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.