The Saviors Of The World, Society's Last

Religion Is Based ... Mainly Upon Fear ... Fear Of The Mysterious, Fear Of Defeat, Fear Of Death. Fear Is The Parent Of Cruelty, And Therefore It Is No Wonder If Cruelty And Religion Have Gone Hand In Hand. My Own View On Religion Is That Of Lucretius. I Regard It As A Disease Born Of Fear And As A Source Of Untold Misery To The Human Race.

It Is A Natural Propensity To Attribute Misfortune To Someone's Malignity.

The First Essential Character [of Civilization], I Should Say, Is Forethought. This, Indeed, Is What Mainly Distinguishes Men From Brutes And Adults From Children.

No Opinion Has Ever Been Too Errant To Become A Creed.

A World Without Delight And Without Affection Is A World Destitute Of Value.