"The desire for peace, the most common desire of all, is a sign of weakness in a society."

"The Christian God is the God of the sick, the God of the weak, the God of the poor."

"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."

"The thought of suicide is a strong consolation: by means of it one gets successfully through many a bad night."

"I fear that we are not rid of God because we still have faith in grammar."