An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.

The test of happiness is gratitude.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

Progress is the mother of all problems.

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church