Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true. – Dean Inge
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach. – Dean Inge
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. – Dean Inge
All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena. – Dean Inge
In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created. – Andrew Weil