Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

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Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

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....

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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or...

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or...