There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.