As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible.

The moment you introduce a despotism in the world of thought, you succeed in making hypocrites - and you get in such a position that you never know what your neighbor thinks.

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.

Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud

The good part of Christmas is not always Christian -- it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural.

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.

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