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When men cease to believe in God, they will 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.



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

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



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.





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Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.



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The Law was never given to gentiles but to Jews only, so why do so many gentiles struggle today with mixing law and grace?

The Law was never given to gentiles but to Jews only, so why do so many gentiles struggle today with mixing law and grace?



I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the sum.

I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the sum.



The real test of a bridge player isn’t in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he’s in.

The real test of a bridge player isn’t in keeping out of trouble, but in escaping once he’s in.



Musicians have to do what they do and express it musically. All the blah blah blah will get lost in the dialogue.

Musicians have to do what they do and express it musically. All the blah blah blah will get lost in the dialogue.



People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.

People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.



Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.



It's cool to tell a real story.

It's cool to tell a real story.



Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say that he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say that he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.




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