If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.

Minds differ still more than faces.

When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.

Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.

If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for the contents of the book. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.