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The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those read more
I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred read more
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the read more
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the read more
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
Pray to God, but hammer away.
Pray to God, but hammer away.
