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?

Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars.

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.

The Church says the Earth is flat. But I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the Moon. And I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.

It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the book as false or foolish are destroying the foundation of our country. The truth is, our government is not founded upon the rights of gods, but upon the rights of men. Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity. Ours is the first government made by the people and for the people. It is the only nation with which the gods have had nothing to do.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.