Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

Spiritual progress is like a detoxification

Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce

The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be the sons of God.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valour of the brave.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.