Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.

Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.

The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

I believe in the Motherhood of God.

The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.