I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being half-clothed is infinitely more uncomfortable than being entirely naked. Soon he did not miss his clothing in the least, and from that he came to revel in the freedom of his unhampered state.

No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature.

The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have us continue to believe as they wished us to believe.

They say that none of us exists, except in the imagination of his fellows, other than as an intangible, invisible mentality.

When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.