I Believe The Universe Is Planned For

Fortitude: That Quality Of Mind Which Does Not Care What Happens So Long As It Does Not Happen To Us.

Faith Is The Effort To Believe What Your Common Sense Tells You Is Not True.

Theology, By Diverting The Attention Of Men From This Life To Another, And By Endeavoring To Coerce All Men Into One Religion, Constantly Preaching That This World Is Full Of Misery, But The Next World Would Be Beautiful - Or Not, As The Case May Be - Has Forced On Men The Thought Of Fear Where Otherwise There Might Have Been The Happy Abandon Of Nature.

If You Have No Enemies You Are Apt To Be In The Same Predicament In Regard To Friends.

Knowledge Is The Distilled Essence Of Our Institutions, Corroborated By Experience.