"Our leading men are not of much account and never have been, but the average of the people is immense, beyond all history."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards."

"I say we had best look our times and lands searchingly in the face, like a physician diagnosing some deep disease. Never was there, perhaps, more hollowness at heart than at present, and here in the U…"

"Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who reject you, and insult you, and smite you?"