I believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to our duty as we know it - loyalty to the ideals of our brain and heart - is, to my mind, far greater and far nobler than loyalty to the life of any particular man or God. . . .

Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy

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

Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.