These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

The world is full of religion, and full of misery and crime.

Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to be formed, and formed by each individual in the sacred and free citadel of the mind, and there enshrined beyond the arm of law to reach, or force to shake; ay! and beyond the right of impertinent curiosity to violate, or presumptuous arrogance to threaten.

I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mohammedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family, and would accept of truth by whomsoever offered -- that truth which we can all find, if we will but seek in things, not in words; in nature, not in human imagination; in our own hearts, not in temples made with hands.

Truth is but approved facts.