You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
Those who earn an honest living are the beloved of God.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Who is the most favoured of God? He from whom the greatest good comes to His creatures.
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
Christians have burned each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
I find distasteful the traditional idea of Christianity which preaches the resurrection of the body. Frankly, I see my body as more of a limitation than a virtue, and I will be glad to be free of it rather than having to continue to cart it around. I prefer to believe that souls can exist independently from bodies.
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentlemen were brutal savages in an unknown land, mine were priests in the Temple of Solomon.
