I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
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We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she was fourteen and praying for her future husband.
The neer to the church, the further from God.
The neer to the church, the further from God.
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.
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.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
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Fortunately for themselves and for the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions.".
To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so read more
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
