“But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewh...” — Rudolf Otto Quote

“But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now.”

“A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.”

“Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls.”

“Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.”

“If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is.”

“I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say one was an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow, it was better to say one was a humanist or an agnostic. I finally decided that I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.”