The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors.

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

The teaching of Christ, as it appears in the Gospels, has had extraordinarily little to do with the ethics of Christians.

Beware the man of the single book

I am firm; YOU are obstinate; HE is a pig-headed fool.