Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes.

Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends.

To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.

Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Docility is the observable half of reason.