Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.

the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears.

Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.

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

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.

Many are called impious, not for having a worse, but a different religion from their neighbors; and many atheistical, not for the denying of God, but for thinking somewhat peculiarly concerning him.

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.