If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.

It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally bad taste to be an avowed Christian.

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

I am at one with my duality.

We talk of wild animals but man is the only wild animal. It is man that has broken out. All other animals are tame animals; following the rugged respectability of the tribe or type.