Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Between Ennui and Ecstasy unwinds our whole experience of time.

Every day is its own infinity, every hour, its own eternity, every minute, its own forever.

That's quite gallant of you. After you've ignored me for the better part of a week, like a boy half your age with twice your charm.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.

Tuesday's victory was big. But it did nothing more than level the playing field and give you a shot. Take it.

The work of God's Holy Spirit begins with bruising. In order to be saved, the fallow ground must be plowed up, the hard heart must be broken, the rock must be split apart.

Not many people know this, but I literally own only one pair of heels!

Behind every good woman lies a trail of men.