Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
Harry Emerson FosdickDemocracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.
Harry Emerson FosdickDemocracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Harry Emerson FosdickFriends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it's as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.
Harry Emerson FosdickThe Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are made of the same water. It flows down, clean and cool, from the heights of Herman and the roots of the cedars of Lebanon. the Sea of Galilee makes beauty of it, the Sea of Galilee has an outlet. It gets to give. It gathers in its riches that it may pour them out again to fertilize the Jordan plain. But the Dead Sea with the same water makes horror. For the Dead Sea has no outlet. It gets to keep.
Harry Emerson Fosdick