For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism..

Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars..

Reason may not always tell us what to believe, but it can help us on what we shouldn't believe..

Writing is thinking in slow motion..

Let people who do not know what to do with themselves in this life, but fritter away their time reading magazines and watching television, hope for e….

To an even moderately sophisticated and well-read person it should come as no surprise that any religion at all has its hidden as well as its obvious….

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality..

The refusal to belong to any school of thought, the repudiation of the adequacy of any body of beliefs whatever, and especially of systems, and a mar….

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basica….

It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the wo….

Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their ….

The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less ….

Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them….

Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish to fly..

The Greeks had considered hope the final evil in Pandora's box. They also gave us an image of perfect nobility: a human being lovingly doing her duty….

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few a….

Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person..

The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepen his understanding and sensibil….

Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it..

Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either s….

The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?.