Let us agree not to step on each other’s feet.

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.

The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped.

If the Bible and my brain are both the work of the same infinite God, whose fault is it that the book and my brain do not agree?

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of wealth. As soon as the funeral is over clergymen begin to relate imaginary conversations with the deceased, and in a very little while the great man is changed to a Christian - possibly to a saint.

If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me.