Edith Hamilton - Spokesmen for God (1949)

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Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

Edith Hamilton

Old ideas are continually being slain by new facts. There is nothing stable in the conclusions of the mind, and it is impossible that there ever should be unless we hold that the universe is made to the measure of the human mind, an assumption for which nothing in the past gives any warrant.

Edith Hamilton

The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.

Edith Hamilton

We are so made that when we have achieved a system of thought which explains everything beautifully, we have reached the point where we must begin to give it up. We are contented with it only as long as it is incomplete and we are trying to fit things into it.

Edith Hamilton

Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.

Edith Hamilton