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.

O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.

O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner read more

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Those of little faith are of little hatred.

Those of little faith are of little hatred.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.

You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds read more

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.