They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.

Today the intelligence of the world denies the miraculous. Ignorance is the soil of the supernatural. The foundation of Christianity has crumbled, has disappeared, and the entire fabric must fall. The natural is true. The miraculous is false.

Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy

If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.

I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends.

If a man wishes to have God recognized in the constitution of our country, let him read the history of the Inquisition, and let him remember that hundreds of millions of men, women, and children have been sacrificed to placate the wrath, or win the approbation of this god.

God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race.