I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.

The history of the world shows that when a mean thing was done, man did it; when a good thing was done, man did it.

Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith! Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge!

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

I thank thee, Mother Nature, that thou hast put ingenuity enough in the brain of a child, when attacked by a brutal parent, to throw up a little breastwork in the shape of a lie.

It is grander to think and investigate for yourself than to repeat a creed.