In The Fifth Season [of Star Trek:

You Can't Take This Speck Of Dust In This Midst Of All This Incredible Panorama Of Birth And Complexifying And Say...this Is The Only Place That [life] Happens. It's Like Turning Your Back On The Whole Idea Of Growth And Evolution.

I Condemn False Prophets, I Condemn The Effort To Take Away The Power Of Rational Decision, To Drain People Of Their Free Will - And A Hell Of A Lot Of Money In The Bargain. Religions Vary In Their Degree Of Idiocy, But I Reject Them All. For Most People, Religion Is Nothing More Than A Substitute For A Malfunctioning Brain.

It Is The Struggle Itself That Is Most Important. We Must Strive To Be More Than We Are. It Does Not Matter That We Will Not Reach Our Ultimate Goal. The Effort Itself Yields Its Own Reward.

Religions Vary In Their Degree Of Idiocy, But I Reject Them All.

The Strength Of A Civilization Is Not Measured By Its Ability To Fight Wars, But Rather By Its Ability To Prevent Them.