There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and
true religion.

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plant religion.

We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another.

We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion read more

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
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G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be,
Just for a screen.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands read more

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites read more

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.