With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Pray to God, but hammer away.

Pray to God, but hammer away.

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the read more

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more

In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with read more

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.