To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy.

In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.

I belong to the Great Church which holds the world within its starlit aisles; that claims the great and good of every race and clime; that finds with joy the grain of gold in every creed, and floods with light and love the germs of good in every soul.

The old lady who said there must be a devil, else how could they make pictures that looked exactly like him, reasoned like a trained theologian - like a doctor of divinity.

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.

The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.