When a church reaches up beyond its group and tries to enforce its standards upon a society that doesn't accept these standards, and perhaps for good reason, perhaps for bad reason, but anyway this is the problem we face in pluralistic society, that not necessarily every standard that every church tries to enforce upon the society is from the society's standpoint a good standard.

Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.

Nothing worth doing can be accomplished in a single lifetime.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?

The fanatic is dangerous.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.