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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing read more
I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount read more
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
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.
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.
And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.
And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
