I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
Clarence DarrowOne cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
Clarence DarrowWhen every event was a miracle, when there was no order or system or law, there was no occasion for studying any subject, or being interested in anything excepting a religion which took care of the soul. As man doubted the primitive conceptions about religion, and no longer accepted the literal, miraculous teachings of ancient books, he set himself to understand nature.
Clarence DarrowI feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
Clarence Darrow