“Je puis nier une chose sans me croire obligé de la salir ou de retirer aux autres le droit d'y croire.”

“I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.”

“A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to religion”

“If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.”

“Religion is based ... mainly upon fear ... fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.”

“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”