Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.

Sacred are the lips from which has issued only truth.

Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.

If we are immortal it is a fact in nature, and we are not indebted to priests for it, nor to bibles for it, and it cannot be destroyed by unbelief.

Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.