If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.

One man in the right will finally get to be a majority.

The savage prays to a stone that he calls a god, while the Christian prays to a god he calls a spirit, and the prayers of both are equally useful.

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.

Why should we postpone our joy to another world? Let us get all we can of the good between the cradle and the grave, all that we can of the truly dramatic. If, when death comes, that is the end, we have at least made the best of this life.

Reason is the light, the sun of the brain. It is the compass of the mind, the ever-constant Northern Star, the mountain peak that lifts itself above all clouds.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.