Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others.

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.