It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.
The idea of Christ is much older than Christianity.
Religion should be disentangled as much as possible from history and authority and metaphysics, and made to rest honestly on one's fine feelings, on one's indomitable optimism and trust in life.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.
Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.