His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.

On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.

The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.

The three great elements of modern civilization: Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.