To Be Religious Is Not To Feel,

All You Earnest Young Men Out To Save The World. . . Please, Have A Laugh.

My Personal Attitude Toward Atheists Is The Same Attitude That I Have Toward Christians, And Would Be Governed By A Very Orthodox Text: "by Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them." I Wouldn't Judge A Man By The Presuppositions Of His Life, But Only By The Fruits Of His Life. And The Fruits - The Relevant Fruits - Are, I'd Say, A Sense Of Charity, A Sense Of Proportion, A Sense Of Justice. And Whether The Man Is An Atheist Or A Christian, I Would Judge Him By His Fruits, And I Have Therefore Many Agnostic Friends.

Man's Capacity For Justice Makes Democracy Possible, But Man's Inclination To Injustice Makes Democracy Necessary.

Religion Is So Frequently A Source Of Confusion In Political Life, And So Frequently Dangerous To Democracy, Precisely Because It Introduces Absolutes Into The Realm Of Relative Values.

Evil Is Not To Be Traced Back To The Individual But To The Collective Behavior Of Humanity.