The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's own stamp.

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.

There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

No nations are more warlike than those which profess Christianity.

It is only common prejudice that induces us to believe that atheism is a fearful state.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

You should not seek forgiveness after an unkind act. The act was done on purpose. You must first understand why the act occurred and then move forward.

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.

I do think it's important that there are feminist publications that are not dependent or only marginally dependent on advertising.

I think comparisons are odious.

I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me.

Sage,” Adrian declared. “These hands don’t do manual labor.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.

What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?