“Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense”
“Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense”
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further”
“Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair”
“There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only ''instinct'' I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as ''the sin of avarice"”
“Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried”
“I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is”
“It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing”