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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world.
Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas read more
The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas the things one loves, lives, and dies for are not, in the last analysis completely expressible in words.
Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.
Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
