I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen — not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
- Topic: Awareness, Belief
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My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
And then she understood the devilish cunning of the enemies’ plan. By mixing a little truth with it they had made their lie far stronger.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most impressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be saturated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils that it creates.
Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.
To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.
For all men strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.
If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it’s gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief - that’s more terrible than dying—more terrible than dying young.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
There are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it.
