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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.



Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.





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Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint the sweetest face and the tenderest embrace bring the sun to every place in such grace.

Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint the sweetest face and the tenderest embrace bring the sun to every place in such grace.



How easy it is to destroy the past and how difficult to forget it.

How easy it is to destroy the past and how difficult to forget it.



I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.

I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.



I just hope you have as much fun letting it spin as I did putting it together.

I just hope you have as much fun letting it spin as I did putting it together.



The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.

The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.



It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world.

It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world.



If there is moonlight outside, don't stay inside! If there is candle inside, don't stay outside! Moments of romanticism are too valuable to be missed!

If there is moonlight outside, don't stay inside! If there is candle inside, don't stay outside! Moments of romanticism are too valuable to be missed!



We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.

We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.



I believe framing reality is one of the only ways we can ever be sure it actually exists. In that regard, I feel as though I'm still learning who I am as an artist.

I believe framing reality is one of the only ways we can ever be sure it actually exists. In that regard, I feel as though I'm still learning who I am as an artist.



A lot of different races and nationalities play football, so it is a good way to try and stop racism.

A lot of different races and nationalities play football, so it is a good way to try and stop racism.




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