Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.

The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man - usefulness to himself and others.

Millions of men give all their energies, as well as their very souls, for the acquisition of gold. And this will continue as long as society is ignorant enough and hypocritical enough to hold in high esteem the man of wealth without the slightest regard to the character of the man.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".

To give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself.

Only the very ignorant are perfectly satisfied that they know. To the common man the great problems are easy. He has no trouble in accounting for the universe. He can tell you the origin and destiny of man and the why and wherefore of things.