Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life.

Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.

No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?

Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.

Heaven: The Coney Island of the Christian imagination.

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.