In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.

Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.

I will follow my logic, no matter where it goes, after it has consulted with my heart. If you ever come to a conclusion without calling the heart in, you will come to a bad conclusion.

Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

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