Good people can do good and bad people can do evil. But for good people to do evil -- that takes religion. |
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. |
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. |
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. |
There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. |
God has assigned as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman. |
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. |
When one person suffers from delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer, it is called religion. |
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. from Shalom Aleichem |
Everybody has the right to blaspheme. on free speech |