Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.

Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.

Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

This is no time to be making new enemies.

History is the study of the world's crime