In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

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

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

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

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...

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.

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...

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.