Quote by Irving Babbitt
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole questi

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. – Irving Babbitt

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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. – Irving Babbitt

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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it. – Irving Babbitt

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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. – Irving Babbitt

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Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith. – Dinesh DSouza

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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. – Saint Bernard

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Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong. – Ricky Martin

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It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life. – Jean Ingelow

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It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives. – Charles R. Swindoll

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