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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Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
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.
If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?.
If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1].
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1].
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.
Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds read more
Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own read more
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
