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The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation read more
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I read more
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
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.
All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, read more
All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine.
