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Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, read more
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.
I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees.
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of read more
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
Continuing a series on God and the human condition: That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out read more
Continuing a series on God and the human condition: That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon -- anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within. Christianity came into the world firstly in order to assert with violence that a man had not only to look inwards, but to look outwards, to behold with astonishment and enthusiasm a divine company and a divine captain. The only fun of being a Christian was that a man was not left alone with the Inner Light, but definitely recognized an outer light, fair as the sun, clear as the moon, terrible as an army with banners.
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, read more
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.
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.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.
