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What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory read more
I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of the woman on the American silver dollar.
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within read more
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian read more
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.
As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store read more
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
