The society in which each man lives is at once the basis for, and the nemesis of, that fulness of life which each man seeks.

Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends.

The dimension of depth in the consciousness of religion creates the tension between what is and what ought to be. It bends the bow from which every arrow of moral action flies.

We Protestants ought to humbly confess that the theater and the sports have done more for race amity, for race understanding than, on the whole, the Protestant Church in certain type, in certain parts of the nation.

The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law.

A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architec75tural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.