I will never desert the one I love for the promise of any god.

I want no heaven for which I must give my reason; no happiness in exchange for my liberty, and no immortality that demands the surrender of my individuality.

I would not know a god if I should see one.

I think it is better to love your children than to love God, a thousand times better, because you can help them, and I am inclined to think that God can get al…

You take an oath to a man whom you know follows the laws of providence, which he obeys independently of the influence of earthly powers, who leads the German p…

I would not so dishonour God as to lend my voice to perpetuate all the mad and foolish things which men have dared to say of Him. I believe that we may find in…

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love-every man works his oar voluntarily!