Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe. Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time - but most of the time they will make fools of themselves. He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd. As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and speech only to conceal their thoughts. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.