"Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe."
- Luther Burbank
"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind."
"The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing scienc..."
"I am an infidel today. I do not believe what has been served to me to believe. I am a doubter, a questioner, a skeptic. When it can be proved to me that there is immortality, that there is resurrectio..."
"Most people’s religion is what they want to believe, not what they do believe."
"Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, e..."
"The clear light of science teaches us that we must be our own saviors, if we are to be found worth saving."
"And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian legends as the canons of modern culture. Our scientific men are paying for th..."
"As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired.The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to..."
"The word 'religion' has acquired a very bad name among those who really love truth, justice, charity. It also exhales the musty odor of sanctimony and falsehood."