The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity. - Immanuel Kant

Bible reading is an education in itself. - Lord Tennyson

Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in ever greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires, …

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and oppressed. The human race is not in a position to dispense with It. - Thomas Huxley