“He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.”

“He was what men called a religious man, which in his case meant he was a superstitious man. There was never a man less Christian; there was never one who made a greater show of piety.”

“The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.”

“The fact was that he had ceased to believe not for this reason or the other, but because he had not the religious temperament.”

“Man had created God in his own image, not the other way around. He had done it through sheer terror, and who could blame him? Unfortunately he had made too good a job. The god he had invented was just as cruel and careless as man himself. Not a deity to whom one should seriously address a prayer.”

“From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him.”