Contradiction is a lower degree of intelligence.

I did not love man-made laws and I abhor the traditions that our ancestors left us.

Most men with delicate feelings hasten to hurt your feelings lest you precede them and hurt theirs.

The truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.

Souls are fires whose ashes are the bodies.

Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord.