The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.

With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words.

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.

There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men.