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

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! - incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.

It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so.""

A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.

Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

Who are we to create a heaven and hell for ourselves, excluding animals and plants in the bargain, just because we have the power to rationalize?

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.