History should be written as philosophy.

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.

A false science makes atheists, a true science prostrates men before the Deity