Sophia Lyon Fahs

(1876–1978) Editor United States

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Sophia Lyon Fahs was an editor from the United States, best known for Uganda's white man of work.

Quick Facts About Sophia Lyon Fahs

Born: August 2, 1876
Died: April 14, 1978
Nationality: United States
Profession: Editor
Notable works: Uganda's white man of work

About Sophia Lyon Fahs

Sophia Blanche Lyon Fahs was an editor, author, teacher, and religious activist who led a revolution in Unitarian religious education. Fahs' teaching and writing focused on a method of experiential learning that she hoped would enable children to develop their own ideas about religion and spirituality.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Sophia Lyon Fahs

Each night a child is born is a holy night.

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Born

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We are resolved to protect individual freedom of belief. This freedom must include the child as well as the parent. The freedom…

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Action

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One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as…

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Children

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The religious way is the deep way, the way that sees what physical eyes alone fail to see, the intangibles of the…

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Eye

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Some beliefs are rigid, like the body of death, impotent in a changing world. Other beliefs are pliable, like the young sapling,…

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Belief

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Life becomes religious whenever we make it so: when some new light is seen, when some deeper appreciation is felt, when some…

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Gratitude

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The function of the church for both young and old is not to give us on Sundays certain kinds of experiences different…

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All kinds

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It matters what you believe. Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness and the feeling of being especially privileged. Other…

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Belief

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