Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
Top 59 wise famous quotes and sayings by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.
Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.
One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier
The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.
Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.
Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation.
Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."
I hate war ... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired.