Belief requires assent not only of the mind but also of the will.

Simply put, that we don't know a good purpose for some evil does not mean there is no good purpose for it. There are many things we don't know. And there are many things we once did not know but now do know. So it should be expected that in the future we will discover good purposes for things for which we do not now know a good purpose.

While God does want to reach our hearts, He does not bypass our minds in the process.

Regardless of what the real truth is concerning religion and morality, our lives are greatly affected by it today and perhaps even in eternity.

Nothing is too absurd for some philosopher to have said it.

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

We adhere to the saying, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," while not really questioning whether "it" is "broke.

But instead of telling him what to think, I taught him how to think. He then reached a bold decision about what to do, on his own.

But just as was true in understanding flight, problems in our lives don't always map neatly to theories on a one-to-one basis.

One of the best ways to probe whether you can trust the advice that a theory is offering you is to look for anomalies—something that the theory cannot explain

A man's character became involved to the point that he was caught in a mental turmoil which threatened all the values he held and threw them into doubt.

There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would not be willing to live merely for the sake of my "defense mechanisms," nor would I be ready to die merely for the sake of my "reaction formations.