The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." read more

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.

As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.

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.

Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly read more

Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them by refusing to acknowledge the facts.

Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.

Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.