I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so read more

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian read more

One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.

And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.

Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.