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Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody?


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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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Some people behind leave a legacy, some leave behind children. Which would you prefer?

Some people behind leave a legacy, some leave behind children. Which would you prefer?



Merciful God!" sighed the General. "We've arrived." And it was true. For there was the sea, and on the other side of the sea was the world.

Merciful God!" sighed the General. "We've arrived." And it was true. For there was the sea, and on the other side of the sea was the world.




The only times you say what I'm thinking, it's without any of the sarcasm and therefore the exact opposite of what I mean.

The only times you say what I'm thinking, it's without any of the sarcasm and therefore the exact opposite of what I mean.



The lion is ashamed it's true when he hunts with the fox.

The lion is ashamed it's true when he hunts with the fox.



You can't fight hearts and minds with money.

You can't fight hearts and minds with money.



I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of luck.

I thought that you had to learn to write by yourself and if you couldn't do it, then you were out of luck.



Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.



While I am describing to you how Nature works, you won't understand why Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that.

While I am describing to you how Nature works, you won't understand why Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that.




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