Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.

The only reason why we wish to exchange thoughts is that we are different. If we were all the same, we would die dumb. No thought would be expressed after we found that our thoughts were precisely alike. We differ-our thoughts are different. Therefore the commerse that we call conversation.

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.

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

[T]he blossom of benevolence, of charity, is the fairest flower, no matter whether it blooms by the side of a hovel, or bursts from a vine climbing the marble pillar of a palace. I respect no man because he is rich; I hold in contempt no man because he is poor.

Fear is religion, courage is science.

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