It seems to me impossible for a civilized man to love or worship, or respect the God of the Old Testament. A really civilized man, a really civilized woman, must hold such a God in abhorrence and contempt.

It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race.

The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.

To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves.

The few have said, Think! The many have said, Believe! The first doubt was the womb and cradle of progress, and from the first doubt, man has continued to advance.

The good part of Christmas is not always Christian -- it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural.

Character survives; goodness lives; love is immortal.