A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

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

You see, after all, few rich men own their property. The property owns them.

In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.

There is in all artists a little of the vagabond.

Every cradle asks us, Whence? and every coffin, Whither? The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently as the robed priest of the most authentic creed.

Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light. To account for anything by supernatural agencies is, in fact to say that we do not know. Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.