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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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

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...

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...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.