Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.

The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought.

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.

No vital Christianity is possible unless at least three aspects of it are developed. These are the inner life of devotion, the outer life of service, and the intellectual life of rationality.

Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.

We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.

Thoughtful people are concerned with the future because that is the only area of experience about which anything can be done. We cannot change the past, and the present is gone as soon as it is reported, but the future is that in which we can make a difference.