Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom.

Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.

If God created the universe, there was a time when he commenced to create. Back of that commencement there must have been an eternity. In that eternity what was this God doing? He certainly did not think. There was nothing to think about. He did not remember. Nothing had ever happened. What did he do? Can you imagine anything more absurd than an infinite intelligence in infinite nothing wasting an eternity?

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

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.

Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.

An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.