If priests had not been fond of mutton, lambs never would have been sacrified to god. Nothing was ever carried to the temple that the priest could not use, and it always happened that god wanted what his agents liked.

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.

It seems to me that if there is some infinite being who wants us to think alike he would have made us alike.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous.

Joy is wealth and love is the legal tender of the soul.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work.