Religion Is A Collective Insanity.

If You Took The Most Ardent Revolutionary, Vested Him In Absolute Power, Within A Year He Would Be Worse Than The Tsar Himself.

The First Revolt Is Against The Supreme Tyranny Of Theology, Of The Phantom Of God. As Long As We Have A Master In Heaven, We Will Be Slaves On Earth.

Freedom, Morality, And The Human Dignity Of The Individual Consists Precisely In This; That He Does Good Not Because He Is Forced To Do So, But Because He Freely Conceives It, Wants It, And Loves It.

If There Be A Human Being Who Is Freer Than I, Then I Shall Necessarily Become His Slave. If I Am Freer Than Any Other, Then He Will Become My Slave. Therefore Equality Is An Absolutely Necessary Condition Of Freedom.

This Contradiction Lies Here: They Wish God, And They Wish Humanity. They Persist In Connecting Two Terms Which, Once Separated, Can Come Together Again Only To Destroy Each Other.