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He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
As if Religion were intended
For nothing else but to be mended.
As if Religion were intended
For nothing else but to be mended.
What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.
What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.
Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.
Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?
[Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?]
Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout?
[Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?]
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and read more
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.