"I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy."

"Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them."

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

"It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes."

"The test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being."

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."

"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me."