The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism..

Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is..

The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book..

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 ….

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 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 ….

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..

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

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….

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….

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

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….

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….

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….

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….

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….

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….

Writing is thinking in slow motion..

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

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….