"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs."

"Without knowing what I am and why I am here, it is impossible for me to live, and I cannot know that; therefore I cannot live."

"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live."

"In historical events great men-so-called-are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels, they have but the smallest connection with the event itself."

"One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love."