We have at last ascertained that miracles can be perfectly understood; that there is nothing mysterious about them; that they are simply transparent falsehoods.

One laugh of a child will make the holiest day more sacred still.

In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.

I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence and a famine!

The most important thing in this world is liberty. More important than food or clothes - more important than gold or houses or lands - more important than art or science - more important than all religions, is the liberty of man.

The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.