"Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise."

"If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves."

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

"Between two groups of men that want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds I see no remedy except force... It seems to me that every society rests on the death of men."

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."

"Walking is also an ambulation of mind."

"Constant and determined effort breaks down all resistence and sweeps away all obstacles."

"Sin is geographical."