“What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?”

What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.

Silence is the only Voice of our God.

Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.

We cannot live for ourselves alone.

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.

There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.

Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.

You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.

A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.

The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.

It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.

When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?

When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.

Only the man who says no is free

It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.

Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Surely you do not believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?

I’m not a slave to a God that doesn’t exist, and I’m not a slave to a world that doesn’t give a shit.