Either god should have written a book to fit my brain, or he should have made my brain to fit his book.

The minister asks, 'What right have you to hope? It is sacrilegious to you.' But, whether the clergy like it or not, I shall always express my real opinion, and shall always be glad to say to those who mourn: 'There is in death, as I believe, nothing worse than sleep. Hope for as much better as you can.'

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

The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership.

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

If this religion is true, then there is only one Savior, only one narrow path to life. Christianity cannot live in peace with any other religion.

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two: slavery here and hell hereafter.