Fosdick, Harry Emerson

US Baptist clergyman and theologian

brother of Raymond Fosdick

• "The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all. No existent theology can be a final formulation of spiritual truth."
• "He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end."
• "No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined."
• "Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes."
• "The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it."