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One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick Living Under Tension (1941)

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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.

Riverside Sermons (1958)

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

At very best, a person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

On Being a Real Person (1943)

The present world situation smells to heaven!

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.

Living Under Tension (1941)

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