Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.

Philosophy means thinking things out for oneself. Ultimately, there can be only one true philosophy, since reason is one and we all live in the same world.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.