I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

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.

Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.

The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of man is the same as the son of God. God, the father, is the same as Christ, the son; Christ, the son, is the same as God, the father. This language may appear confused to unbelievers, but Christians will readily understand it.

Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.