"Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age."

"If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character."

"I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today."

"Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state."

"I have a problem with religion that makes it so, like, 'We are the ones. We are the chosen ones.'"

"I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual."

"Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever."

"That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves."