Human beings are just gene machines.

Again, it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.

Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.

Religion teaches the dangerous nonsense that death is not the end.

I think we certainly benefit from social institutions which encourage us towards moral behavior. It's very important to have law. It's very important to have a moral education.

Darwin gives courage to the rest of science that we shall end up understanding literally everything, springing from almost nothing - a thought extremely hard to comprehend and believe.

I think the world's always a better place if people are filled with understanding.