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

In a world of cruelty, sympathy is a crime, and in a world of lies, truth is blasphemy.

A false friend, an unjust judge, a braggart, hypocrite, and tyrant, sincere in hatred, jealous, vain and revengeful, false in promise, honest in curse, suspicious, ignorant, infamous and hideous-such is the God of the Pentateuch.

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

The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.

For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born. We are molded and fashioned by our surroundings.

Laughing has always been considered by theologians as a crime.