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

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

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living

Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense of a boarding house. The prosperity and glory of our country depend upon the number of people who are the owners of homes.

These contradictions are gross and palpable and demonstrate that the New Testament is not inspired, and that many of its statements must be false

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.