Raymond B. Fosdick famous quotes

The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases, but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone.
-- Raymond B. Fosdick

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The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. If is unafraid of what other people think . . . It does not adapt either its pace or its objectives to the pace and objectives of its neighbors. It thinks its own thoughts, it reads its own books, it developed its own hobbies, and it is governed by its own conscience. The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases, but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone.
-- Raymond B. Fosdick

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The search for truth is, as it always has been, the noblest expression of the human spirit. Man's insatiable desire for knowledge about himself, about his environment and the forces by which he is surrounded, gives life its meaning and purpose, and clothes it with final dignity.... And yet we know, deep in our hearts, that knowledge is not enough.... Unless we can anchor our knowledge to moral purposes, the ultimate result will be dust and ashes- dust and ashes that will bury the hopes and monuments of men beyond recovery.
-- Raymond B. Fosdick

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It is always the minorities that hold the key of progress.
-- Raymond B. Fosdick

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It is always the minorities that hold the key of progess; it is always through those who are unafraid to be different that advance comes to human society.
-- Raymond B. Fosdick

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The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.

I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.

Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.

Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.

I may be wrong, but the essential illustrative nature of most documentary photography, and the worship of the object per se, in our best nature photography, is not enough to satisfy the man of today, compounded as he is of Christ, Freud, and Marx.

You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best things.

Because I’ve had a taste and I’m not sharing. This isn’t just for fun. I may be slightly addicted.

Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...

I just want to have a completely adventurous, passionate, weird life.

I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything.