The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation read more

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.

Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.

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.

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.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory read more

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of the woman on the American silver dollar.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in read more

Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.

I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to read more

I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do.

Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been
disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've read more

Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been
disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been
betrayed, to those for whom love still heals, even though they'vebeen
hurt before.