“Truth is the one thing in nature always consistent with itself, and it is the one guide given to us in steering on the ocean of fate.” GivenFateOne ThingTruth IsOceanGuidesConsistentSteering Author:Arthur Alfred Lynch
“One thing about religious truths is that we have to take them on faith, and faith needs reassurance. What’s more reassuring than noticing that some other people, whom you admire, are so certain that it’s all true that they’re willing to go the ultimate mile?” PeopleNeedsCertainReligiousOne ThingAtheismWillingTruth IsUltimatePositive AtheismMilesAdmireNoticingReassuranceReassuringReligious Truth Author:Rodney Stark
“To regard the successful experiences which ensue from a belief as a criterion of its truth is one thing--and a thing that is sometimes bad and sometimes good--but to assume that truth itself consists in the process by which it is verified is a different thing and always bad.” DifferentSometimesTruthBeliefProcessSuccessfulOne ThingTruth IsRegardAssumingDifferent ThingsCriteria Author:William Pepperell Montague