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The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas read more
The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas the things one loves, lives, and dies for are not, in the last analysis completely expressible in words.
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the read more
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
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.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
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.
