The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

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Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.

The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.

Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.

Every man's highest, nameless though it be, is his 'living God'.

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the...

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the...

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and...

Religion is the belief in an ever-living God, that is, in a Divine Mind and...

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we...

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs,...

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs,...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had...

We speculated what it was like before we got language skills. When we humans had...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying...

I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying...

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.