"God doth not govern the world only by his will as an absolute monarch, but by his wisdom and goodness as a tender father. It is not his greatest pleasure to show his sovereign power, or his inconceivable wisdom, but his immense goodness, to which he makes the other attributes subservient."

-- Stephen Charnock

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“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.”
“My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.”
“Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers.”
“Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good.”
“What we learned in there is significantly more than what is out in the media today. I can't speak to what we learned in there, and I don't know if there are other leaks, if there is more information somewhere, if somebody else is going to step up, but I will tell you that I believe it's just the tip of the iceberg.”

Source : "Quote of the Day: NSA Wants to Be Totally Open" b Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. June 13, 2013.
“The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.”
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
“His life has been lived, so far, within narrow limits and he is quite naÃ¯ve about most kinds of experience; he fears it and yet is wildly eager for it. To reassure himself, he converts it into epic myth as fast as it happens. He is forever play-acting.”

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