"To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures."
"The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action."
"Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous."
"There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story."
"Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous."
"Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe."