Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.

For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.

Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults read more

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.

Pray to God, but hammer away.

Pray to God, but hammer away.