At bottom God is nothing more than an exalted father.

All that matters is love and work.

In every age immorality has found no less support in religion than morality has. If the achievements of religion in respect to man's happiness, susceptibility to culture and moral control are no better than this, the question cannot but arise whether we are not overrating its necessity for mankind, and whether we do wisely in basing our cultural demands upon it.

From error to error one discovers the entire truth.

Religion originates in the child's and young mankind's fears and need for help. It cannot be otherwise.

One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of Creation.' . . . We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret of being an out-and-out unbeliever.