"Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts"
"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion"
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right"
"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true"
"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot"
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit"
