Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

The metaphysical insanities of Athanasius, of Loyola, and of Calvin, are, to my understanding, mere lapses into polytheism, differing from paganism only by being more unintelligible.

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.