Even if matter could do every outward thing that God does, the idea of it would not work as satisfactorily, because the chief callfor a God on modern men's part is for a being who will inwardly recognize them and judge them sympathetically. Matter disappoints this craving of our ego, so God remains for most men the truer hypothesis, and indeed remains so for definite pragmatic reasons.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

Faith branches off the highroad before reason begins

Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.

We do not sing because we are happy, we are happy because we sing.

But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst others simply cannot. And psychology and general pedagogy here confess their failure, and hand things over to the deeper spring of human personality to conduct the task.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.