The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

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.

The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings.

The ignorant pronounce it Frood To cavil or applaud The well-informed pronounce it Froyd But I pronounce it Fraud.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.