Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.

Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important read more

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would read more

If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling. Live your life so that when you read more

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and
everyone around you is crying.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.