The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.

Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself.

Sanctity and genius are as rebellious as vice.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.

The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.