 The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. |
| In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. |
| I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. |
| Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. |
| Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. |
| Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science. |
| The more liberty you give away the more you will have. |
| In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. |
| Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. |
| An honest God is the noblest work of man. |
| In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. |
| Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. |
| It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. |
| Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. |
| When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. |
| Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice. |
| Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. |
| If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. |
| In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. |
| What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. |
