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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.
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when read more
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
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.
Does he say novenas
for those with no venus
(to Dan Brown).
Does he say novenas
for those with no venus
(to Dan Brown).
Only the sinner has a right to preach.
Only the sinner has a right to preach.
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for read more
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for authentication ("theories"), ideas not derived from any systematic process ("visions"), ideas which could not survive any reasonable authentication process ("illusions"), ideas which exempt themselves from any authentication process ("myths"), ideas which have already passed authentication processes ("facts"), as well as ideas known to have failed- or certain to fail- such processes ("falsehoods" - both mistakes and lies).
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, read more
There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.
