The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.
In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God.
A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best.
To ask, 'How do you do it?' is already starting off on the wrong foot. When reaching for the stars, there does not have to be a 'how' if there is a big enough 'why'.
In the end, only God can see the heart of an individual and distinguish the difference between legalistic deadweight and the passion of holy solemnity.
When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.
Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.
Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.
One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.
It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.
There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.
It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.
Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.
It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.
God tests, but he does not tempt.
The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret.
In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.
The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.
When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.
I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble us and humor himself. Know-it-alls, pseudo-intellectuals, militant anti-theists, for Christ's sake, or rather their own sake, best beware of getting roasted by their own medicine. Ah! Our delusions of trying to argue against an omniscient Creator.
It takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done.
Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray!
Genius - the pursuit of madness.
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