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If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human nature cannot change you.
I'm not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I've gotten from books.
I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.
...I need a boyfriend. And to get a boyfriend, you have to look good. Doesn’t hurt to smell good too.
There was nothing wrong with fire … as long as you didn’t stand too close. Something to keep in mind.
When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better.
I would also say that, in practice, many more Americans are anarchists than would ever use that term.
Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.
Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform.
That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.
To disarm while being best armed, out of an elevation of sensibility-that is the means to real peace.
Eventually you stop paying attention to your own feelings when there's nothing to be done about them.
A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it.
The Infinite Universal Power is more than just a narrow-minded gatekeeper to a spiritual County Club.
Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn't mine.
If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.
Do you ever find yourself bursting into a sort of lunatic laughter at the sheer prettiness of things?
Politicians who do not use the Bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office.
Taxonomy is described sometimes as a science and sometimes as an art, but really it’s a battleground.
The key is to make sure you are doing the "right things" before you worry about doing things "right".
One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.
We are not relevant when we mirror secular culture. We are relevant when we are what they long to be.
God will never violate His Word, but He doesn’t seem to mind violating our understanding of His Word.
The transfiguration was a physical illustration of what the renewed mind looks like in the spiritual.
If you let the world roll on the way it's rolling, you're voting for death. I'm not voting for death.
Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
We've found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we're going to err on the side of caution.
What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity.
Our banking system grew byaccident; and wherever something happens byaccident, it becomes a religion.
I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death.
We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.
I chose to tell the story visually, so that anyone of any age, from any country, could understand it.
It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.
God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He'd bring meaning to it.
Jesus always pointed people towards a better version of themselves - particularly when they'd failed.
It's easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
Life can be absolutely phenomenal, and it should be, and it will be, when you start using the secret.
There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.
If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, 'No, but I'm trying.
The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.
While creating a social brand is a necessary endeavor, building a social business is an investment...
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.
The roots of all commonwealth are planted in the understanding that we are all the same human beings.
The only thing you will get from common sense, is a common life. Be uncommon and have uncommon sense.
Any thought of discomfort or stress is an alarm that lets you know you're believing an untrue thought
It's for each of us to look at what we really do believe - what our belief system really consists of.