There is but one thing that can free a man from superstition, and that is belief. All history proves it. The most sceptical have ever been the most credulous.

I would not favour a fiction to keep a whole world out of hell. The hell that a lie would keep any man out of is doubtless the very best place for him to go to. It is truth... that saves the world.

God is nearer to you than any thought or feeling of yours... Do not be afraid.

We are dwellers in a divine universe where no desires are in vain - if only they be large enough.

Well, perhaps; but I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.

The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye.

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.