“The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.” HumansRealEndsDesirePrayerReal LifeGods WillGrantedHuman LifeConformityBeing RealJoyfulSingle Relationship Author:Charles Bent
“In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America; and there can be no greater proof of its utility and of its conformity to human nature than that its influence is powerfully felt over the most enlightened and free nation of the earth.” MenWorldHumansSoulCountryStatesEarthChristianAmericaNationsFeltReligiousUnitedCommonUnited StatesGreaterInfluenceHuman NatureAuthorityProofHypocrisyEnlightenedConformitySovereignUtility Book:Democracy in America: Book One Source: Democracy in America: Book One
“Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities and its lack of conformity to our hopes? Isn't curiosity as wondrously and fundamentally human as compassion?” HumansNatureInterestingCompassionCuriosityComplexityHopelessConformityComfortingFascinationSolace Author:Stephen Jay Gould