Charles Eliot Norton Quotes

#1. It does not seem to me that the evidence concerning the being of a God, and concerning immortality, is such as to enable us to assert anything in regard to either of these topics.

Charles Eliot Norton

#2. The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.

Charles Eliot Norton

#3. The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place simply as one of the grasping and selfish nations of the present day.

Charles Eliot Norton

#4. If a war be undertaken ... before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.

Charles Eliot Norton

#5. One may sigh for all that one loses in giving up the old religion ... but the new irreligion is the manlier, honester and simpler thing, and affords a better throry of life and a more solid basis for morality.

Charles Eliot Norton

#6. The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive.

Charles Eliot Norton