Only a few years ago there was a great awakening of the human mind. Men began to inquire by what right a crowned robber made them work for him? The man who asked this question was called a traitor. Others asked by what right does a robed hypocrite rule my thought? Such men were called infidels. The priest said, and the king said, where is this spirit of investigation to stop? They said then and they say now, that it is dangerous for man to be free. I deny it. Out on the intellectual sea there is room enough for every sail. In the intellectual air there is space enough for every wing.

One laugh of a child will make the holiest day more sacred still.

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.

One good schoolteacher is worth more than 100 priests.

Education: 'In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular opinion.'

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We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for thirty or forty or fifty years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only …