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So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.


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It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.



The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.



The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.



... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.



We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.



Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.



Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.



Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.



Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?



The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.





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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.



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The water. The lake. It flows through our veins, and there's nothing we can do about it… It's like venom.



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Work without pleasure will cause pressure that cannot be measured.



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Writing, is not a race. Is to distill the soul letter by letter in a slow and delicate process that will take years.



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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.



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Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.



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My work stops at publication. If the books don't contain in themselves their reasons for being - questions and answers - it means I was wrong to have them published.



Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.

Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.



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If life is really for the living, then the trick to living well is to learn to live it fully, to soak it up, to revel in it.



The church that is man-managed instead of God-governed is doomed to failure. A ministry that is college-trained but not Spirit-filled works no miracles.

The church that is man-managed instead of God-governed is doomed to failure. A ministry that is college-trained but not Spirit-filled works no miracles.




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