Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that...

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that...

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he...

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It...

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It...

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until...

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for...

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for...

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to...

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism...