The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason.
John Haynes HolmesEvil is a fact, not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted, not to be endured, but to be conquered.
John Haynes HolmesSociety is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself - at the expense of the new demands of each new generation.
John Haynes HolmesNo one is wise enough, no nation is important enough, no human interest is precious enough, to justify the wholesale destruction and murder which constitute the science of war.
John Haynes HolmesReligion must be used in furthering great works of justice and reform. It must be used to establish right relations between different groups of men, and thus to make a reality of brotherhood. It must be used to abolish poverty, the breeding ground of all misery and crime, by distributing equably among men the abundance of the soil. And it must be used to get rid of war and to establish enduring peace. Here is the supreme test of the effectiveness of religion.
John Haynes Holmes