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

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

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

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

Dream while you are awake

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

Nothing is complete in itself but requires something outside itself in order to exist.

There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?

Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes.

If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.

The most terrifying thing that ever happened to me was that Keith Moon decided he liked me.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.