There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment.
I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies always went out to the weak, the suffering, and the poor. Realizing their sorrows I tried to relieve them in order that I myself might be relieved.
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? We now know pretty well where the various books came from, and about when they were written. We know that they were written by human beings who had no knowledge of science, little knowledge of life, and were influenced by the barbarous morality of primitive times, and were grossly ignorant of most things that men know today.
Do I need to argue to Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? That hatred only causes hatred; that if there is any way to soften this human heart which is hard enough at its best, if there is any way to kill evil and hatred and all that goes with it, it is not through evil and hatred and cruelty; it is through charity, and love, and understanding?
Different strokes for different folks.
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
You can only be free if I am free.
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life; and when that time comes, the way will be clear to device some better method of dealing with poverty and ignorance and their frequent byproducts, which we call crime.
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
...finally men were saved only through God's son dying for them, and that unless human beings believed this silly, impossible and wicked story they were doomed to hell? Can anyone with intelligence really believe that a child born today should be doomed because the snake tempted Eve and Eve tempted Adam? To believe that is not God-worship; it is devil-worship.
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.
Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
The purpose of life is to live it.
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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