To love justice, to long for the right, 
to love mercy, 
to pity the suffering, to assist the weak, 
to forget wrongs and remember benefits, 
to love the truth, to be sincere, 
to utter honest words, to love liberty, 
to wage relentless war 
against slavery in all its forms, 
to love family and friend, 
to make a happy home, 
to love the beautiful in art, in nature, 
to cultivate the mind, 
to be familiar with the mighty thoughts 
that genius has expressed, 
the noble deeds of all the world; 
to cultivate courage and cheerfulness, 
to make others happy, 
to fill life with the splendor of generous acts, 
the warmth of loving words; 
to discard error, to destroy prejudice, 
to receive new truths with gladness, 
to cultivate hope, 
to see the calm beyond the storm, 
the dawn beyond the night, 
to do the best that can be done 
and then be resigned. 
This is the religion of reason, 
the creed of science. 
This satisfies the brain and the heart. 

Robert Ingersoll - (when asked one day what creed he lived by, if not the religious creeds.)