If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot make it better by piling epithet upon epithet. There is no logic in abuse; there is no argument in an epithet.

Nothing could be more idiotic and absurd than the doctrine of the trinity.

We rise by lifting others.

Do right, not to deny yourself but because you love yourself and because you love others.

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.

It seems to me impossible for a civilized man to love or worship, or respect the God of the Old Testament. A really civilized man, a really civilized woman, must hold such a God in abhorrence and contempt.

One laugh of a child will make the holiest day more sacred still.