A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. |
Adaptability: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it |
Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent. |
Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products. |
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. |
Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist |
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour. |
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion |
It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. |
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man (More Lay Thoughts of a Dean) |
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. |
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. |
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true. |
Originality is undetected plagiarism. |
Originality is undetected plagiarism. |