For ages, a deadly conflict has been waged between a few brave men and women of thought and genius upon the one side, and the great ignorant religious mass on the other. This is the war between Science and Faith. The few have appealed to reason, to honor, to law, to freedom, to the known, and to happiness here in this world. The many have appealed to prejudice, to fear, to miracle, to slavery, to the unknown, and to misery hereafter. The few have said "Think" The many have said "Believe!"

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

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

Now the struggle for life is so sharp, competition is so severe, that few men can succeed who carry a useless burden. The businessmen of our country are compelled to lead temperate lives, otherwise their credit is gone.

And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?

Fear is a dagger with which hypocrisy assassinates the soul.

I found that the clergy did not understand their own book.