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 He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;
he who loses faith loses all.  
 He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;
he who loses faith loses all. 
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
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.
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).
The fewer words the better prayer.
The fewer words the better prayer.
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to read more
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand read more
Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is read more
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.