"I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world."

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."

"Children are not born with a sense of sin, but are taught it by their parents."

"Religion is based primarily upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly as the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disput…"

"There is no logical impossibility in the hypothesis that the world was created five minutes ago, complete with all our memories and records."