The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power.

... we all know how to pray better than we practice what we know!

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians!

The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

Religion is the most widely debated and least agreed upon phenomenon of human history.