Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

Intellectual liberty [is] the right to think right and the right to think wrong. Thought is the means by which we endeavor to arrive at truth.

It seems to me that if there is some infinite being who wants us to think alike he would have made us alike.

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.

Meekness is the mask of malice.

Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will not investigate, and if you think it wrong, the church will investigate you.

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.