“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.”

“Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe.”

“The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing sci...”

“I am an infidel today. I do not believe what has been served to me to believe. I am a doubter, a questioner, a skeptic. When it can be proved to me that there is immortality, that there is resurrec...”

“Most peoples religion is what they want to believe, not what they do believe.”

“Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation...”

“Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonflys wings assures me of a pure, innocent world”

“Without eliminating the fog in your mind, you wont be able to see clearly! And how can you eliminate this fog? How can you liberate your mind? Just open your mind to the winds of all ideas!”

“To see the universe clearly, you need not only a clear sky but also a clear mind!”

“She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.”

“Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light -- a desert of heavy sun-glare beheld from a desert of ice-burnished granite.”

“Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred...”

“Suddenly I grasped what was happening- they were all trying to save me. I never thought I was worth saving.”