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.

The prevailing legal and moral views of a time are held not only by those whom they benefit but by read more

The prevailing legal and moral views of a time are held not only by those whom they benefit but by those, too, who appear to suffer from them. Their domination is expressed in that fact- that the people from whom they claim sacrifice accept them.

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.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she read more

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.

Each epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to read more

Each epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to overlook.

As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as read more

As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.