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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I hope I never get so old I get religious.
I hope I never get so old I get religious.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small.
The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.
The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.
The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.
We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
A habit of devout fellowship with God is the spring of all our life, and the strength of it.
A habit of devout fellowship with God is the spring of all our life, and the strength of it.
