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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
I hate war ... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
It is by acts (actions) and not by ideas (mere thoughts) that people [really] live.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
No one can be wrong with man and right with God.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Of all mad faiths maddest is the faith that we can get rid of faith.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it great.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Always take a job that is too big for you.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Nothing in human life, least of all in religion, is ever right until it is beautiful.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
