Robert Andrews
Robert Andrews
added books culture elemental model modified passed quotations trite wisdom
Books of quotations are an elemental model of how culture is perpetuated, the wisdom of the trite passed on to posterity, to be added to, edited, and modified by subsequent generations.
history violent
He has no history of that kind of violent crime.
gas guy next pick prices public raise rather sat taking talking time train worse yesterday
You could not pick a worse time to raise train fares, with gas prices skyrocketing, making public transportation more attractive, ... I sat next to a guy yesterday who said he and his friends were talking about carpooling rather than taking the train.
conducive depths fullness humility knowledge means understanding
Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.
atheist real atheism
To me it is unthinkable that a real atheist could be a scientist.
trying doctrine evolution
The pathetic thing about it is that many scientists are trying to prove the doctrine of evolution, which no science can do.
onward-and-upward two atheism
Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward.
science two errors
Two erroneous impressions ... seem to be current among certain groups of uninformed persons. The first is that religion today stands for mediaeval theology; the second that science is materialistic and irreligious.
race law ideas
Three ideas stand out above all others in the influence they have exerted and are destined to exert upon the development of the human race: The idea of the Golden Rule; the idea of natural law; the idea of age-long growth or evolution.
ignorance men two
This much I can say with definiteness - namely, that there is no scientific basis for the denial of religion - nor is there in my judgment any excuse for a conflict between science and religion, for their fields are entirely different. Men who know very little of science and men who know very little of religion do indeed get to quarreling, and the onlookers imagine that there is a conflict between science and religion, whereas the conflict is only between two different species of ignorance.
knowledge hands law
The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of nature. The even more important task of religion, on the other hand, is to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind.
ignorance mean humility
Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and reverence.
essentials tasks aspiration
I conceive the essential task of religion to be "to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind".
education wise opportunity
Cultivate the habit of attention and try to gain opportunities to hear wise men and women talk. Indifference and inattention are the two most dangerous monsters that you ever meet. Interest and attention will insure to you an education.