If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance… logic can be happily tossed out the window.
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
The best mirror is an old friend.