It is a splendid thing to think that the woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the mask of years, if you really love her, you will always see the face you love and won. And a woman who really loves a man does not see that he grows old; he is not decrepit to her; she always sees the same gallant gentleman who won her hand and heart.

I believe in the religion of reason -- the gospel of this world; in the development of the mind, in the accumulation of intellectual wealth, to the end that man may free himself from superstitious fear, to the end that he may take advantage of the forces of nature to feed and clothe the world.

This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.

When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous.

The church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves.

To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy.

To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves.