I Think I Should Know

Humor Is A Prelude To Faith And Laughter Is The Beginning Of Prayer.

The Final Test Of Religious Faith... Is Whether It Will Enable Men To Endure Insecurity Without Complacency Or Despair, Whether It Can So Interpret The Ancient Verities That They Will Not Become Mere Escape Hatches From Responsibilities But Instruments Of Insights Into What Civilization Means.

All Social Cooperation On A Larger Scale Than The Most Intimate Social Group Requires A Measure Of Coercion.

Frantic Orthodoxy Is Never Rooted In Faith But In Doubt. It Is When We Are Unsure That We Are Doubly Sure.

I Think That When We Believe That Something Is Right, There's A Serious Ambivalence About It. On One Hand, You Say, Because It's Right, It Must Be Victorious. On The Other Hand, You Say, It's Right Whether It's Victorious Or Not. And This Is What I Believe About A Free Society.