No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered..

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making th….

Of all mad faiths maddest is the faith that we can get rid of faith..

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray.".

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him..

The tragic evils of our life are so commonly unintentional. We did not start out for that poor, cheap goal. That aim was not in our minds at all....L….

A supremely religious man or woman is one who believes deeply and consistently in the veracity of his highest experiences. He has his hours in the ce….

All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism..

All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place..

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.--Harry Emerson FosdickNo one can get inner peace by pouncing on it..

No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him..

Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to ta….

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capaci….

Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the st….

One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody has one ch….

It is going to be a long, hard haul; it will require patience, courage, faith that hangs on when hope fails, if we are to tame the rude barbarity of ….

Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage..

...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet….

The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all. No exis….

The process has now run full circle: Preaching originates in personal counseling; preaching is personal counseling on a group basis; personal counsel….

One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want..