We are told in the Pentateuch, that god, the father of us all, gave thousands of maidens, after having killed their fathers, their mothers, and their brothers, to satisfy the brutal lusts of savage men. If there be a god, I pray him to write in his book, opposite my name, that I denied this lie for him.

Spirituality for the most part is a mask worn by idleness, arrogance and greed.

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.

God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race.

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

The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.