22 Quotes by D. Elton Trueblood

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.

We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.

The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought.

Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.

Thoughtful people are concerned with the future because that is the only area of experience about which anything can be done. We cannot change the past, and the present is gone as soon as it is reported, but the future is that in which we can make a difference.

The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.