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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling. Live your life so that when you read more
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble read more
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
All the gods are dead except the god of war.
All the gods are dead except the god of war.
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for read more
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for authentication ("theories"), ideas not derived from any systematic process ("visions"), ideas which could not survive any reasonable authentication process ("illusions"), ideas which exempt themselves from any authentication process ("myths"), ideas which have already passed authentication processes ("facts"), as well as ideas known to have failed- or certain to fail- such processes ("falsehoods" - both mistakes and lies).
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.