Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be…

Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Topics: Belief Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Learning Quotes, Life Quotes

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than...

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than...

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.

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...

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't...

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't...

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...

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for...

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

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

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

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...

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...

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

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.

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge,...

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge,...

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which...

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which...

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of...

History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of...