An honest God is the noblest work of man.

To know that the Bible is the literature of a barbarous people, to know that it is uninspired, to be certain that the supernatural does not and cannot exist - all this is but the beginning of wisdom.

Reason is the light, the sun of the brain. It is the compass of the mind, the ever-constant Northern Star, the mountain peak that lifts itself above all clouds.

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.

The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.

For thousands of years people have been trying to force other people to think their way. Did they succeed? No. Will they succeed? No. Why? Because brute force is not an argument.