Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.

Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but read more

...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when read more

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

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.