A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.

I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as read more

As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

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.

Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?.