I have imagination, and nothing that is real is alien to me.

Heaven is to be at peace with things.

Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man, far from being freed from his natural passions, was plunged into artificial ones quite as violent and much more disappointing.

Truth is a jewel which should not be painted over; but it may be set to advantage and shown in a good light.

Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood.

To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content.

The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought.