“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as fals...” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

“If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.”

“Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.”

“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”

“Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.”

“The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.”

“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

“It’s tragic that most of us spend our private lives paradoxically thinking something is watching us and permanently disapproving. We say we believe in benevolent deities but smear them with hate and the power to smite. We see sin everywhere, when the only sin is when we forget to treat each other with respect. That is the sad secret that makes the Universe vulnerable.”

“When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.”

“Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.”

“No matter where you're from, no matter what religion you practice, your ethnicity, race, or anything else - what is it that can bring us together as people? It is, what we call in Hawaii, aloha... sincere, deep love and respect for other people as children of God.”