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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.
We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
The idol is the measure of the worshipper.
The idol is the measure of the worshipper.
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred read more
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are read more
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
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.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.
Religion is the sum of the expansive impulses of a being.
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.
