Inspirational Quotes on Pragmatism

“They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.”

“It is known, to the force of a single pound weight, what the engine will do; but, not all the calculators of the National Debt can tell me the capacity for good or evil, for love or hatred, for patriotism or discontent, for the decomposition of virtue into vice, or the reverse.”

“If we live with possibilities we are exiles from the present which is given us by God to be our own, homeless and displaced in a future or a past which are not ours because they are always beyond our reach. The present is our right place, and we can lay hands on whatever it offers us.”

“Verträge bricht man um des Nutzens willen.”

“The Jesuits have tried to combine God and the world, and have only earned the contempt of God and the world.”

“All the practical tips in the world won't sustain us in the hardships of ministry or produce the kind of gospel ministry that will change our towns.”