Force always attracts men of low morality.
Albert Einstein
Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.
Thomas Paine
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
Blaise Pascal
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
Aristotle
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Saint Augustine