Quotes from Al-Ma?arri

Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray Jews wildered, Magians far on error's way. We mortals are composed of two great schools Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.

The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains.

The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

They all err - Muslims, Christians, Jews and Magians. There are two kinds of humans - the intelligent, who have no religion, and the religious, who have no intellect.