The coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never old fashioned nor out of date.
Theodore ParkerIt is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.
Theodore ParkerThe heresy of one age is the orthodox belief and "only infallible rule" of the nest.
Theodore ParkerIt takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus.
Theodore ParkerThe miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin had no religion at all; and it would be an insult to say that he believed in the popular theology of his time, or of ours, for I find not a line from his pen indicating any such belief.
Theodore Parker