If superior abilities and services to society deserve special rewards it may be regarded as axiomatic that the rewards are always higher than the ser… - Reinhold Niebuhr

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.

Tuhan, karuniailah saya ketabahan untuk menerima hal-hal yang tidak bisa saya ubah,

Keberanian untuk mengubah hal-hal yang bisa saya ubah,

Dan kebijaksanaan untuk membedakan keduanya.

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.