The undressed is vulgar; the nude is pure, and the well-dressed tainted.

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

We do not need the forgiveness of God, but of each other and of ourselves.

If there be an infinite Being, he does not need our help - we need not waste our energies in his defense.

I have had some trouble in regarding evil as having been intended by infinite Goodness.

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.

Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.