The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. I would not interfere with any one's religion, either to strengthen it or to weaken it. I am not able to believe one's religion can affect his hereafter one way or the other, no matter what that religion may be. But it may easily be a great comfort to him in this life-hence it is a valuable possession to him.

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.

Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.

How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand.

Do one thing every day you don't want to do.

There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

Use the right word, not its second cousin.