In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the read more

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.

Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.

Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.

To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I read more

To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

Faith is not contrary to reason….

Faith is not contrary to reason….

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

The Bible is literature, not dogma.

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. [Hebrews 13:2].

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. [Hebrews 13:2].