Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Fear is religion, courage is science.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.

I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom.

Take the word Liberty from human speech and all the other words become poor, withered, meaningless sounds - but with that word realized - with that word understood, the world becomes a paradise.

I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not a pioneer; it accepts a new truth, last of all, and only when denial has become useless.