The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.

And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said read more

A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad. "You must have little to do," said the man. The next day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. "Why do you weep now?" asked the man. "I am weeping because I have nothing to eat," said the lad. "I thought it would come to that," said the man.

One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.

One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived.

If someone were to prove to me -- right this minute -- that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it read more

If someone were to prove to me -- right this minute -- that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

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.