More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies.

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought.

The materialist assumption that spiritual substances do not exist is as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the reality of angels.

Books are absent teachers.