The unique personality which is the real life in me, I cannot gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others.

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.

May the humanity that is within every human being be held precious. The vice that underlies all vices is that we are held cheap by others, and far worse, that in our innermost soul we think cheaply of ourselves.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

Dogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.