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Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims
Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.
Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.
Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of read more
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.
I love opposition that has convictions.
I love opposition that has convictions.
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and read more
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.