Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man.

It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.

Shakespeare has done far more for the world than the Bible.

No man with a sense of humor ever founded a religion.

I want no heaven for which I must give my reason; no happiness in exchange for my liberty, and no immortality that demands the surrender of my individuality. Better rot in the windowless tomb, to which there is no door but the red mouth of the pallid worm, than to wear the jeweled collar of a god.

They knew that it was necessary to believe these things and to love God. They knew that there could be no salvation except by faith, and through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.