Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret of being an out-and-out unbeliever.
The paranoid is never entirely mistaken.
When one does not have what one wants, one must want what one has.
When we attempt to imagine death, we perceive ourselves as spectators.
Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.
The defense against childish helplessness is what lends its characteristic features to the adult's reaction to the helplessness which he has to acknowledge - a reaction which is precisely the formation of religion.