Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. – Felix Adler
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
Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of an evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game? – J. G. Ballard
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns. – Albert Szent-Györgyi, "Teaching and Expanding Knowledge," Science,
