Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy.

Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light. To account for anything b….

I am simply in favor of intellectual hospitality-that is all. You come to me with a new idea. I invite you into the house. Let us see what you have. ….

Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice..

Why should we desire the destruction of human passions? Take passions from human beings and what is left? The great object should be not to destroy p….

Injustice upon earth renders the justice of of heaven impossible..

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words..

The triumph of justice is the only peace..

The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower..

He who treats his friends and enemies alike, has neither love nor justice..

Upon the great questions of origin, of destiny, of immortality, of . . . other worlds, every honest man must say, 'I do not know.' Upon these questio….

We must remember that there is a great difference between a myth and a miracle. A myth is the idealization of a fact. A miracle is the counterfeit of….

Death is only perfect rest..

I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for the religion of freedom..

The minister asks, 'What right have you to hope? It is sacrilegious to you.' But, whether the clergy like it or not, I shall always express my real o….

I thank thee, Mother Nature, that thou hast put ingenuity enough in the brain of a child, when attacked by a brutal parent, to throw up a little brea….

As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers..

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself..

Let us agree not to step on each other’s feet..

When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go into bankruptcy. Be honest with him. A tyrant father will….

Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance..