We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

The undressed is vulgar; the nude is pure, and the well-dressed tainted.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

There is no evidence that God ever interfered in the affairs of man. The hand of earth is stretched uselessly towards heaven. From the clouds there comes no help.

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

I do not see how it is possible for an intelligent human being to conclude that the Song of Solomon is the work of God, and that the tragedy of Lear was the work of an uninspired man.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.