The church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness.

Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.

Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind?

The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true.

With soap, baptism is a good thing.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.