Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not see why it should be. The story of Genesis is beautiful, and profoundly significant as symbolism: there is no good reason to torture it into conformity with modern theory.