“Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains and flourishes, all prospers with the state; 'tis head and empress of all arts and faculties. Let but divinity fall, and I would not give a straw for the rest.” GivingArtStatesFallLosesRemainsDivinityFacultyDiligenceStrawsInvocationEmpresses Book:The Table Talk of Martin Luther Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther
“A philosopher ... is not fairly judged by his eccentricities, nor by the frailties to which he is liable; still less should his philosophy as a whole fall into ill-repute because of those among its devotees who have stumbled into wells, or who aimlessly pass their lives in whetting their faculties and then neglecting to use them.” ShouldWellsStillsPhilosophyWholeUseFallIllPhilosopherFacultyNeglectJudgedLiableFrailtyEccentricityDevotee Author:John Grier Hibben