Probably they had good reason for omitting it. A profane mind might make a jest of an apostle half seas over, and ridicule an apostolic gate-keeper who couldn't keep his head above water.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

The abuse dies in a day; but the denial slays the life of the people and entombs the hope of the race.

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.

Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

The word heretic ought to be a term of honour.

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?

Art makes murder into the supreme image of Beauty and in doing so sets free the vengeful God. (referring to Jean Lorrain's LE VICE ERRANT)

I sat in a boxWith walls on each side.Not too tall.Not too wide.To think.To ponder.To pray.To hide.I sat in a box and cried.

Look beyond what you see.

If there are not mothers, where will men come from and who will feed them?

People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right.

Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

The stories I create are never as awful as reality.

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in this world?

My policy is trust peace and to put aside the bayonet.