Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; [but] a creed is always sensitive.

In every department of life--in its business and in its pleasures, in its beliefs and in its theories, in its material developments and in its spiritual connections--we thank God that we are not like our fathers.

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.