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TO PLOW IS TO PRAY; TO PLANT IS TO PROPHESY, AND THE HARVEST ANSWERS AND FULFILLS.
Darwin has done more to change human thought than all the priests who have existed.
Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!
The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within.
And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?
My principal objections to orthodox religion are two: slavery here and hell hereafter.
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
In a world of cruelty, sympathy is a crime, and in a world of lies, truth is blasphemy.
I have had some trouble in regarding evil as having been intended by infinite Goodness.
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
As long as a man lives he should study. Death alone has the right to dismiss the school.
Do right, not to deny yourself but because you love yourself and because you love others.
The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.
If God objected to [people with various handicaps], he ought not have created such people.
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
For the most part, we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs.
As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.
God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race.
The falling leaf that tells of autumn's death is, in a subtler sense, a prophecy of spring.
Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.
The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
Most people can bear adversity; but if you wish to know what a man really is give him power.
The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live.
Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.
To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.
I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead.
They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.
Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Our fathers knew that the flag was never intended to protect any man who wanted to assail it.
Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did and never will agree.
I believe in living for this world - that's my doctrine - to make everybody happy that you can.
The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.
Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man.
The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership.
A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.
Fear, prejudice, malice, and the love of approbation bribe a thousand men where gold bribes one.
If the Bible is true, it needs no inspiration, and - if not true, inspiration can do it no good.
Creationists use facts the same way a drunk uses a lightpost: for support instead of illumination
In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.
As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible.
Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others.
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor.
Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength; anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.
I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.
Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.