One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for all to emulate. In the very struggle to be like someone else rather than to… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share
We are resolved to protect individual freedom of belief. This freedom must include the child as well as the parent. The freedom for which we stand is not freedom of belief as we please,... not freedom to evade responsibility, ...but freedom to be honest in speech and action, freedom to respect one's own integrity of thought and feeling, freedom to… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for all to emulate. In the very struggle to be like someone else rather than to be one's own true self, or to do one's own best in one's own environment, a child is in danger… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share
The religious way is the deep way, the way that sees what physical eyes alone fail to see, the intangibles of the heart of… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
Some beliefs are rigid, like the body of death, impotent in a changing world. Other beliefs are pliable, like the young sapling, ever growing… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some larger outlook… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
The function of the church for both young and old is not to give us on Sundays certain kinds of experiences different from experiences… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
It matters what you believe. Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness and the feeling of being especially privileged. Other beliefs are… — Sophia Lyon Fahs Copy Share Image
