Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.

Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.

Do not trust those in whom the compulsion to punish is strong.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

I found that the clergy did not understand their own book.