Read moreA conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.
Read moreIt is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.
Read morePhilosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.
Read morePrayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.
Read moreIt is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.
Read moreEach religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.