Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

Religion is civilization, the highest.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

A nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt.