God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.

I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.

Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.

The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.

He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.