“The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice; it is the most decisive negation of human liberty and necessarily ends in the enslavement of mankind both in theory and practice.”
“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. ”
“War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.”
“Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.”
“Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion.”
“All mysteries which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of this practice.”