We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.

As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.