“I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.”

“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”

“Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.”

“Religion is the opium of the masses.”

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.”