He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.