I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

I love to observe Christmas in quietude, humility, benevolence, charity, letting good will towards man, eloquent silence, prayer, and praise express my conception of Truth’s appearing.

Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues, systematizes action, and insures success.

Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal.

All my work, all my efforts, all my prayers and tears are for humanity, and the spread of peace and love among mankind.

If materialistic knowledge is power, it is not wisdom. It is but a blind force.