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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.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.
Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage read more
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with read more
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you read more
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?".
Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
