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Beware of the man of one book.
Beware of the man of one book.
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.
A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on read more
A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on such occasions, his preaching is by no means at its worst.
The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the read more
The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount read more
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you read more
Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you know how to establish, regulate and direct the metabolism of your body -- the assimilation of foodstuff so that it builds muscles, bones and flesh? No, you don't know how consciously, but there is a wisdom within you that does know.
He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;
he who loses faith loses all.
He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;
he who loses faith loses all.
Does he say novenas
for those with no venus
(to Dan Brown).
Does he say novenas
for those with no venus
(to Dan Brown).
