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Recent Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Dont simply retire from

Dont simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

The tragedy of war

The tragedy of war is that it uses mans best to do mans worst.

Christians are supposed not

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change nor even to profit by it but to cause it.

The only life worth

The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of what other people think ... It does not adapt either its pace or its objectives to the pace and objectives of its neighbors. It thinks its own thoughts it reads its own books it developed its own hobbies and it is governed by its own conscience. The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone.