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If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that read more
If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible of all goals entered human ambition. It was clear there'd be no end to what people would be made to suffer for it.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand read more
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to read more
The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. read more
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we respect read more
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, read more
There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, but don't be deaf to the personwho
says it with his heart.
The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to read more
The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Non-violence is the article of faith.