Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick

Quotes

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

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