Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

Darwin has done more to change human thought than all the priests who have existed.

If there is a God who will damn his children forever, I would rather go to hell than to go to heaven and keep the society of such an infamous tyrant.

In a world of cruelty, sympathy is a crime, and in a world of lies, truth is blasphemy.

They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.

For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born. We are molded and fashioned by our surroundings.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.