“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”

“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”

“No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.”

“It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause”

“Explanation is where the mind rests.”

“Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.”

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck. I think they all stem from some insufficiency in mens minds, perhaps f...”

“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent.”

“So if you can look at all things without allowing pleasure to creep in - at a face, a bird, the colour of a sari, the beauty of a sheet of water shimmering in the sun, or anything that gives deligh...”