Maxioms by John Jay Chapman
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.
You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.
Too much agreement kills the chat.
Too much agreement kills the chat.
