If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.

You have noticed that the human being is a curiosity. In times past he has had (and worn out and flung away) hundreds and hundreds of religions; today he has hundreds and hundreds of religions, and launches not fewer than three new ones every year. I could enlarge on that number and still be within the facts.

It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.

There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of degraded barbarians, the other of enlightened civilized people.

Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

There is no other life; life itself is only a vision and a dream for nothing exists but space and you. If there was an all-powerful God, he would have made all good, and no bad.

The cost of living hasn't effected its popularity.