A Liberal Is A Person Who Sees

If God Does Not Exist, And If Religion Is An Illusion That The Majority Of Men Cannot Live Without ... Let Men Believe In The Lies Of Religion Since They Cannot Do Without Them, And Let Then A Handful Of Sages, Who Know The Truth And Can Live With It, Keep It Among Themselves. Men Are Then Divided Into The Wise And The Foolish, The Philosophers And The Common Men, And Atheism Becomes A Guarded, Esoteric Doctrine - For If The Illusions Of Religion Were To Be Discredited, There Is No Telling With What Madness Men Would Be Seized, With What Uncontrollable Anguish.

I Have Observed Over The Years That The Unanticipated Consequences Of Social Action Are Always More Important, And Usually Less Agreeable, Than The Intended Consequences.

If You Believe That No One Was Ever Corrupted By A Book, You Have Also To Believe That No One Was Ever Improved By A Book.

Being Frustrated Is Disagreeable, But The Real Disasters Of Life Begin When You Get What You Want.

What Rules The World Is Idea, Because Ideas Define The Way Reality Is Perceived.