Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

There is in all artists a little of the vagabond.

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics

Even in the business of corporations honesty is the best policy, and the companies that have acted in accordance with the highest standard, other things being equal, have reaped the richest harvest.

The Unitarian Church has done more than any other church to substitute character for creed, and to say that a man should be judged by his spirit; by the climate of his heart; by the autumn of his generosity; by the spring of his hope; that he should be judged by what he does; by the influence that he exerts, rather than by the mythology he may believe.

If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.

Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.