Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick

Quotes

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

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

- 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

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

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

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

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