Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the C….

The moment you introduce a despotism in the world of thought, you succeed in making hypocrites - and you get in such a position that you never know w….

I found that the clergy did not understand their own book..

A good deed is the best prayer..

To know that the Bible is the literature of a barbarous people, to know that it is uninspired, to be certain that the supernatural does not and canno….

They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed..

...in every religion the priest insists on five things - First: There is a God. Second: He has made known his will. Third: He has selected me to e….

The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all times, it has opposed the liberty….

All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new art foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left out the commandme….

This is my creed: Happiness is the only good; reason the only torch; justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest..

For ages, a deadly conflict has been waged between a few brave men and women of thought and genius upon the one side, and the great ignorant religiou….

Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surro….

Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the tit….

To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the creeds..

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation..

Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it. That is the time all religions tel….

The only evidence, so far as I know, about another life is, first, that we have no evidence; and secondly, that we are rather sorry that we have not,….

If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up..

To destroy guide-boards that point in the wrong direction . . . to drive the fiend of fear from the mind . . . is the task of the Freethinker..

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb..

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope..