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It is Christian culture that has created Western man and the Western way of life.


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As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.



The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution.



The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism.

The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism.



Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.



The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.



It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.



American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World.

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World.



If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.



The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.



This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other





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If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.



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I've no objection to morality, except that it's obsolete.

I've no objection to morality, except that it's obsolete.



The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give.

The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give.



Nature and the imagination seem to be the precursors to involvement in the psychedelic experience.

Nature and the imagination seem to be the precursors to involvement in the psychedelic experience.



We must reacquaint ourselves with the biblical weight of the problem that we less-than-perfect human beings contend with in the face of a holy and righteous God.

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