One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for all t…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

Some beliefs are rigid, like the body of death, impotent in a changing world. Other beliefs are pliable, like the young sapling, ever growing with th…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook is gained…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

Each night a child is born is a holy night.

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

The religious way is the deep way, the way that sees what physical eyes alone fail to see, the intangibles of the heart of every phenomenon. The reli…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

It matters what you believe. Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness and the feeling of being especially privileged. Other…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

The function of the church for both young and old is not to give us on Sundays certain kinds of experiences different from experiences of the every d…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs

We are resolved to protect individual freedom of belief. This freedom must include the child as well as the parent. The freedom for which we stand is…

- Sophia Lyon Fahs