Nothing could be more idiotic and absurd than the doctrine of the trinity.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

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?

Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything.

In my judgment, the Deists were all successfully answered. The god of nature is certainly as bad as the God of the Old Testament. It is only when we discard the idea of a deity, the idea of cruelty or goodness in nature, that we are able ever to bear with patience the ills of life. I feel that I am neither a favorite nor a victim. Nature neither loves nor hates me.

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