David R. Smith

“The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may …

“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and …

Investments. Most of us think there are only two kinds: good and bad. There’s actually a third: downright ridiculous. If you doubt the existence of that category, just ask the …

“Atheism is a long, hard, cruel business.”

“The more we know about the ancients, the more we find that they were like the moderns.”

“The great pioneers in physics – Newton, Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus – devoutly believed themselves called to find evidences of God in the physical world.”

“The difference between Christianity and religion is simple. Religion makes impositions upon people. Christianity simply makes propositions.”

“Just because it’s in the Bible doesn’t mean you should preach it.”

“The purpose of life is to live fully, not long.”

“To believe that people are basically good after Auschwitz, the Gulag and other horrors of our century, is a statement of irrational faith, as irrational as any fanatical religious belief. …