If priests had not been fond of mutton, lambs never would have been sacrified to god. Nothing was ever carried to the temple that the priest could not use, and it always happened that god wanted what his agents liked.

It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least have verified that message by his own signature. Is it not wonderful that not one word was written by Christ?

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender.

As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.

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

Many people think they have religion when they are troubled with dyspepsia.

If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I will, I could not produce a better scheme of life than now prevails, I would be ashamed of my efforts and consider my work a humiliating failure.