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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.
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.
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the read more
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly read more
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them by refusing to acknowledge the facts.
How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones.
How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those read more
I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.