If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I will, I could not produce a better ….

Burns had his faults, his frailties. He was intensely human. Still, I would rather appear at the "Judgment Seat" drunk, and be able to say that I was….

It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least have verified th….

We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam"..

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought..

Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest idea….

Love your friends and be just to your enemies..

He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: 'For Justice all place a temple, and a….

You cannot show real respect to your parents by perpetuating their errors.... Do you consider that the inventor of a steel plow cast a slur upon his ….

Do not trust those in whom the compulsion to punish is strong..

It is incredible that only idiots are absolutely sure of salvation. It is incredible that the more brain you have the less your chance is. There can ….

No God can put a man in hell in another world, who has made a little heaven in this. God cannot make a man miserable if that man has made somebody el….

Man must learn to rely upon himself. Reading bibles will not protect him from the blasts of winter, but houses, fires. and clothing will. To prevent ….

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a cr….

The whip degrades; a severe father teaches his children to dissemble; their love is pretense, and their obedience a species of self-defense. Fear is ….

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender..

Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws..

Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of wealth. As soon as….

It is with men as with other things. The mullein needs only a year, but the oak a century, and the greatest men are those who have continued to grow ….

An honest God is the noblest work of man..

A false friend, an unjust judge, a braggart, hypocrite, and tyrant, sincere in hatred, jealous, vain and revengeful, false in promise, honest in curs….