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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes witch we see reality.
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas read more
The intellectual is constantly betrayed by his vanity. Godlike he blandly assumes that he can express everything in words; whereas the things one loves, lives, and dies for are not, in the last analysis completely expressible in words.
When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time read more
When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
Life is a tightrope with God at the end. If we walk with our eyes down, looking at what is read more
Life is a tightrope with God at the end. If we walk with our eyes down, looking at what is happening right now in our lives, we are likely to waver and fall. However, if we focus at the end of the rope, where God and Heaven await us, we can see past all of the petty troubles this present life and walk more steadily. We may sometimes still stumble, but if we get back up and train our eyes on God once again, He will guide us to the end.
