Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists.

It is a constant change. Not one body is constant.

All growth, progress, well - being, or degradation is but relative.

Think day and night, I am of the essence of that Supreme Existence, Knowledge, Bliss-what fear and anxiety have I? This body, mind, and intellect are all transient, and That which is beyond these is myself.

The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.

The God which cannot give me food in this world, cannot give me Heaven in the other world

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.