I shall never send for a priest or recite an Act of Contrition in my last moments. I do not mind if I lose my soul for all eternity. If the kind of God exists Who would damn me for not working out a deal with Him, then that is unfortunate. I should not care to spend eternity in the company of such a person.

What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake.

The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.

From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

The only form of action open to a child is to break something or strike someone, its mother or another child; it cannot cause things to happen in the world.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.