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There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.
There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.
Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.
Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.
The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the read more
The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.
If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.
If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store read more
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not read more
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
