Philosophy Quote by Ross Douthat

There is not a greater paradox in nature,--than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.

— Laurence Sterne

“All religions, nearly all philosophies, and even a part of science testify to the unwearying, heroic effort of mankind desperately denying its contingency.”

— Jacques Monod

“If the sphere of paradox-religion is abolished, or explained away in aesthetics, an Apostle becomes neither more nor less than a genius, and then--good…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“There is enough mystery in human nature to keep the world stuck in a perpetual state of righteous speculation. Only the wise and compassionate…

— Shannon L. Alder

“If Christians were afraid of worldliness as much as they are of holiness, they would set the world on fire for Christ. ANONYMOUS”

— Michael L Brown

“The Christian world had become mired in a bog of misconceptions and had tried God's patience.”

— Henning Mankell

“there is not one single challenge to Christianity that eclipses all others in importance.”

— James Davison Hunter

“The highest ideal for the Christian is not to make peace with the world, with science, with culture at any price, but to keep…

— Herman Bavinck

“Theology is a superstition—Humanity a religion.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“The processes we’re going through are two sides of the same coin, because everything ends in mystery — the scientists have theories, and the…

— Ray Bradbury

“the paradox is that God must destroy in us, all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous”

— Martin Luther

The primary paradox of Christianity is that the ordinary condition of man is not his sane or sensible condition; that the normal itself is…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton