"Of the ten crimes which Biblical Hebrew law punished by stoning, nine have ceased to be offenses in modern society."

“Facts and not merely opinions are what we want. Emotionalism is not a substitute for the truth.”

“As superstition is the weed of the brain, it grows perfusely, once started.”

“A precept claiming infallibility should certainly possess the universality of the law of gravitation and the perfection of the arithmetical table. If it fails to possess these undeviating qualities, its imperfection is self-evident and its value either greatly diminished or useless.”

“With this recognition of the finality of death, no one should willingly withhold acts that would bring benefits, joy or happiness to others.”

“Man's inhumanity to man will continue as long as man loves God more than he loves his fellow man.”

“The Bible is not a divine revelation from God. It is not inspired; on the contrary, it is a wicked book .... It has been responsible for more suffering and torture than any other volume ever printed……”