Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

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When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound...

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound...

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That...

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That...

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed...

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than...

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years...

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely...

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely...

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the...

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the...

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage...

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society...

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society...