How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.

The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those who do not believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and those who do.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children.

For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change.

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.