Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its evolution.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.

Thought creates character.

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

India is the mother of religion. In her are combined science and religion in perfect harmony, and that is the Hindu religion, and it is India that shall be again the spiritual mother of the world.

You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.

Sometimes I felt as if we were all wading around in grief, reluctant to admit to others how far we were waving or drowning.

There's a lot of controversy online, some people say i'm a genius and other say i'm hugely talented.

Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota.

I've never been one of those who wanted to fill my calendar up 90 percent of the time.

No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

When you touch me, good God.

It’s easier to cool down a fanatic than to warm up a corpse.

My family, we're all WASPs.

[When asked if she had ever considered divorcing Sir Lewis Casson:] Divorce? Never. But murder often!