One day man by the slow processes of evolution shall develop into something really fine and high - some billions of years hence, say.

Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it.

All large political doctrines are rich in difficult problems - problems that are quite above the average citizen's reach. And that is not strange, since they are also above the reach of the ablest minds in the country; after all the fuss and all the talk, not one of those doctrines has been conclusively proven to be the right one and the best.

Astonishing things can be done with the human memory if you will devote it faithfully to one particular line of business.

So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: “Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is.” Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code.

Presbyterianism without infant damnation would be like the dog on the train that couldn't be identified because it had lost its tag.

I don't want no better book than what your face is.