Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
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Nothing in this world is more inspiring than a soul up against crippling circumstances who carries it off with courage and faith and undefeated characternothing See Light From Many Lamps, edited by L. E. Watson, article by H. E. Fosdick, pp. 93-94 re a serious cripple who succeeded.Harry Emerson Fosdick
Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
One watches people starting out in life quite adequately, handling life with active vigor, as they run, one after another, into experiences where something deeper than vigor is needed. Serious failure, for example. Some night in his lifetime everyone come.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
The search for truth is, as it always has been, the noblest expression of the human spirit. Man's insatiable desire for knowledge about himself, about his environment and the forces by which he is surrounded, gives life its meaning and purpose, and clothes it with final dignity.... And yet we know, deep in our hearts, that knowledge is not enough.... Unless we can anchor our knowledge to moral purposes, the ultimate result will be dust and ashes dust and ashes that will bury the hopes and monuments of men beyond recovery.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
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