It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.Thomas Paine
Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.Thomas Paine
Man does not, as it seems, in any state compare his condition with some standard, so as to feel his happiness.Thomas Paine
It is a contradiction in terms and ideas to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second-hand, either verbally or in writing.Thomas Paine
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.Thomas Paine
A thing, moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.Thomas Paine
Of all the systems of religion that were ever invented, there is none more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory in itself, than this thing called Christianity.Thomas Paine
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.Thomas Paine
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives, and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.Thomas Paine
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me a species of Atheism—a sort of religious denial of God. It professes to believe in man rather than God.Thomas Paine