Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of this lifeleads men to a ruinous ignorance of the fact that their inevitable rewards and punishments are here.

Every living creature commences its existence under a form different from, and simpler than, that which it eventually attains.

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

It is not what we believe, but why we believe it. Moral responsibility lies in diligently weighing the evidence. We must actively doubt; we have to scrutinize our views, not take them on trust. No virtue attached to blindly accepting orthodoxy, however 'venerable'.

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything especially as I am now so much occupied with theology but I don't see my way to your conclusion.

There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.