“ Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than ? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than ? Was h… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands. Frances Wright
“ As you say of yourself, I too am an . I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.[] Thomas Jefferson
“ The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one. Epicurus
“ Epicurus said you should live for pleasure - adding that nothing brings more pleasure than a little sun and a glass of water. It is on this principle that our conjugal existence has rested for three y… Benoît Duteurtre
“ Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason. Epicurus
“ I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is not… Richard M. Rorty
“ The true Epicurean cultivates the capacity to take pleasure in simple things, while those around him chase pleasure in more things. Luke Slattery
