So far as I am concerned, I think more of reasons than of reputations, more of principles than of persons, more of nature than of names, more of facts than of faiths.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies.
Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It's just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.
Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.
The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Faith is a continuation of reason.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.