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

To avoid pain we must know the conditions of health. For the accomplishment of this end we must rely upon investigation instead of faith, upon labor in place of prayer. Most misery is produced by ignorance. Passions sow the seeds of pain.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

The meanest hut with love in it is a palace fit for the gods, and a palace without love is a den only fit for wild beasts.

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

We rise by lifting others.

As long as woman regards the Bible as the charter of her rights, she will be the slave of man. The bible was not written by a woman. Within its leaves there is nothing but humiliation and shame for her.