"Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."

-- William Pitt

#Exercise Quotes #Tyrants Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“Call saw that everyone was looking at him, the hands and cowboys and townspeople alike. The anger had drained out of him, leaving him feeling tired. He didn't remember the fight, particularly, but people were looking at him as if they were stunned. He felt he should make some explanation, though it seemed to him a simple situation. "I hate a man that talks rude," he said. "I won't tolerate it.”
“Look to it, my dear friends, that none of you be found Christless at your appearance before him. Those that continue Christless now, will be left speechless then. God forbid that you that have heard so much of Christ, and you that have professed so much of Christ, should at last fall into a worse condition than those that never heard the name of Christ.”

Source : "THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE OPENED UP".
“How adversity doth ope the eye! A moon can be seen by day as well as by night; but, to see the stars, you must be in darkness.”
“It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.”
“There is no way you can harmonize neo-Darwinism and Christianity.”
“I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.”
“Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.”
“The brain has not explained the mind fully.”

Source : Wilder Penfield (2015). “Mystery of the Mind: A Critical Study of Consciousness and the Human Brain”, p.88, Princeton University Press

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