Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated among men of thought. Great havoc makes among our originalities. W...e have reached the mountain from which all these drift boulders were detached.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In England if something goes wrong--say, if one finds a skunk in the garden--he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to ta...ke the proper measures; whereas in America, you telephone the fire department. Each satisfies a characteristic need; in the English, love of order and legalistic procedure; and here in America, what you like is something vivid, and red, and swift.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science. Its principles may be eternal,... but the expression of those principles requires continual development.... The great point to be kept in mind is that normally an advance in science will show that statements of various religious beliefs require some sort of modification. It may be that they have to be expanded or explained, or indeed entirely restated. If the religion is a sound expression of truth, this modification will only exhibit more adequately the exact point which is of importance. This process is a gain. In so far, therefore, as any religion has any contact with physical facts, it is to be expected that the point of view of those facts must be continually modified as scientific knowledge advances. In this way, the exact relevance of these facts for religious thought will grow more and more clear. The progress of science must result in the unceasing codification of religious thought, to the great advantage of religion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Every philosophy is tinged with the colouring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train... of reasoning.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I N take thee M to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in s...ickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »