Human Beings Are Just Good Enough To

I Might Say That The Debate Between Atheists And Christians Is Rather Stale To Me, Because The Christians Say, "you Must Be A Christian, Or You Must Be A Religious Man, In Order To Be Good," And The Atheists Will Say, "it's Beneath The Dignity Of A Free Man To Bow His Knee To A God, As If He Were A Sinner," Or Something Like That.

The History Of Mankind Is A Perennial Tragedy; For The Highest Ideals Which The Individual May Project Are Ideals Which He Can Never Realize In Social And Collective Terms.

Original Sin Is That Thing About Man Which Makes Him Capable Of Conceiving Of His Own Perfection And Incapable Of Achieving It.

Whether The Man Is An Atheist Or A Christian, I Would Judge Him By His Fruits, And I Have Therefore Many Agnostic Friends.

I Thank Heaven I Have Often Had It In My Power To Give Help And Relief, And This Is Still My Greatest Pleasure. If I Could Choose My Sphere Of Action Now, It Would Be That Of The Most Simple And Direct Efforts Of This Kind.