"Sure, it obviously raises as a standard for male emulation an ideal of compassion, but getting men to imitate Christ would have been dead in the water without encouraging women to find that sort of man *desirable*."
"Lincoln was a man of whom a nation has a right to be proud; he was a Christ in miniature, a saint of humanity, whose name will live thousands of years in the legends of future generations."
"The greatest tragedy of denominations and quibbling over doctrine/theology is the very relevant and salient message is then missed: if you sincerely and humbly attempt to model your life after Christ, quality of life for you and those around you increases immensely"