Nothing gives small minds a better handle for hatred than superiority.

If we choose to be no more than clods of clay, then we shall be used as clods of clay for braver feet to tread on.

A criminal is twice a criminal when he adds hypocrisy to his crime.

Patriotism is understood to be that virtue which consists in serving one's country; but in what way is this 'Patria' or country served by slaying its able bodied men in thousands?

There is nothing so inconvenient in this world as an absolutely truthful person, who can both speak and write, and has the courage of his convictions. One can always arrange matters with liars ... But with the man or woman who holds truth dearer than life, and honor more valuable than advancement, there is nothing to be done, now that governments cannot insist on the hemlock-cure, as in the case of Socrates.

in my opinion, the Divine is revealed to all men once at least in their lives.

When one loves God better than the Church is one called a heretic?