Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it.

Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.

Slavery results from laws, laws are made by governments, and, therefore people can only be freed from slavery by the abolition of governments.... And it is time for people to understand that governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions, in which a self-respecting, honest man cannot and must not take part.

A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to pick up the twenty, and split them all. Then he lost his temper, scattered the peas in all directions and ran away