They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have small troubles, but they shall seem to them great.

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

Lutheranism is essentially German... It worships a God who is neither just nor merciful.

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

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.