Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of inspiration. It is the child of invention, of discovery, of applied knowledge - that is to say, of science. When man becomes great and grand enough to admit that all have equal rights; when thought is untrammeled; when worship shall consist in doing useful things; when religion means the discharge of obligations to our fellow-men, then, and not until then, will the world be civilized.

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

As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.

The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered.

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.

The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.

The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.