"Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones."

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Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Men Quotes #Crime Quotes #Scruples Quotes

“This was a new recognition that perfection is admirable but a trifle inhuman, and that a stumbling kind of semi-success can be much more warming. Most of all, perhaps, these exultant yells for the Mets were also yells for ourselves, and came from a wry, half-understood recognition that there is more Met than Yankee in every one of us. I knew for whom that foghorn blew; it blew for me.”
“you cannot let the pain of the past destroy the happiness of the future.”
“You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
“Many people entertain the idea that Christianity,like almost any other religion,is basically a system of beliefs-you know, a set of doctrines or a code of behavior, a philosophy, an ideology. But that's a myth. Christianity is not at all like Buddhism or Islam or Confucianism. The founders of those religions said (in effect), 'Here is what I teach. Believe my teachings. Follow my philosophy.' Jesus said, 'Follow me'(Matthew 9:9). Leaders of the world's religions said, 'What do you think about what I teach?' Jesus said, 'Who do you say I am?'(Luke 9:20)”

Source : Josh McDowell, Bob Hostetler (2011). “Don't Check Your Brains at the Door”, p.62, Thomas Nelson Inc
“All history is just one man trying to take something away from another man, and usually it doesn't really belong to either of them.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.237, Canongate Books
“If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.”
“I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.”

Source : "Kathryn Bigelow: 'Zero Dark Thirty' has no agenda". Interview with Rohit Vats, www.news18.com. January 17, 2013.
“We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.”

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