Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.
Harry Emerson FosdickNothing in human life, least of all in religion, is ever right until it is beautiful.
Harry Emerson FosdickOne of the strange phenomena of the last century is the spectacle of religion dropping the appeal of fear while other human interests have picked it up.
Harry Emerson FosdickWhile each of us ... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person.
Harry Emerson FosdickMoney is a miraculous thing. It is your personal energy reduced to a portable form and endowed with power you yourself do not possess. It can go where you cannot go; speak languages you cannot speak; lift burdens you cannot touch with your fingers; save lives with which you cannot deal directly.
Harry Emerson Fosdick