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.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.

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.

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

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

If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.

If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler.

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.

All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, read more

All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine.

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, read more

There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, but don't be deaf to the personwho
says it with his heart.