I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than read more

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.

Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.

Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.

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

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

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

Only the sinner has a right to preach.

Only the sinner has a right to preach.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the read more

I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.