If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have…

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To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this,...

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this,...

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make...

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make...

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy....

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy....

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.

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...

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape...

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape...

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies...

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies...

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...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

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 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.