The man who finds a truth lights a torch.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

The meanest hut with love in it is a palace fit for the gods, and a palace without love is a den only fit for wild beasts.

Small people delight in what they call consistency-that is, it gives them immense pleasure to say that they believe now exactly as they did ten years ago. This simply amounts to a certificate that they have not grown-that they have not developed-and that they know just as little now as they ever did. The highest possible conception of consistency is to be true to the knowledge of today, without the slightest reference to what your opinion was years ago.

Why should we desire the destruction of human passions? Take passions from human beings and what is left? The great object should be not to destroy passions, but to make them obedient to the intellect. To indulge passion to the utmost is one form of intemperance - to destroy passion is another. The reasonable gratification of passion under the domination of the intellect is true wisdom and perfect virtue.

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

This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.