They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.

Nothing but truth is immortal.

The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth.

Who can estimate the misery that has been caused by this infamous doctrine of eternal punishment? Think of the lives it has blighted-of the tears it has caused-of the agony it has produced. Think of the millions who have been driven to insanity by this most terrible of dogmas. This doctrine renters God the basest and most cruel being in the universe. ... There is nothing more degrading than to worship such a god.

Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.

Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every member of his church stands guard over his brain with a creed, like a club, in his hand. He knows that he is not expected to search after the truth, but that he is employed to defend the creed. Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.

If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.