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For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and read more
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.
Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.
Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended upon man.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time read more
When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.
It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and read more
It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to read more
The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God.
There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
