An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.

There cannot be any form unless it is the result of force and matter; and all combinations must dissolve.

Religion lies in being and becoming, in realization.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

We must not forget that what I mean by the conquest of the world by spiritual thought is the sending out of the life-giving principles, not the hundreds of superstitions that we have been hugging to our breasts for centuries.

It is fear that is the cause of our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven in a moment "The earth is enjoyed by heroes" - this is the unfailing truth.

Life is short, and therefore, one thing being certain, death, let us take up a great ideal, and give up the whole life to it. For what is the value of life, this vegetating little low life of man? Subordinating it to one high ideal is the only value that life has.