Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. read more

Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

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.

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was read more

The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was he.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we respect read more

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the same sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

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.

In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners.

In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners.