“The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.”

Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don’t argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.

The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.

If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.

The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.

Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?

Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.

If evolution wins, Christianity goes!

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.

If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.

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.

Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.

She believed in nothing. Only her scepticism kept her from being an atheist.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.

The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you’re an atheist, pretend how God would do it.

There’s a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.