A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts - a "bundle of facts." Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the "law" because they act in that way.

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the time of Christ, as they were familiar in all the civilizations of the earth - Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian, Greek, and Hindu.

No pope ever condemned slavery.

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.