"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

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Source : Nikolai Gogol (1936). “Dead Souls”

Nikolai Gogol

#Cutting Quotes

“My entire life has been devoted to breaking down barriers, to finding common ground.”
“In this new war, our enemy's platoons infiltrate our borders, quietly blending in with visiting tourists, students, and workers. They move unnoticed through our cities, neighborhoods, and public spaces. They wear no uniforms. Their camouflage is not forest green, but rather it is the color of common street clothing. Their tactics rely on evading recognition at the border and escaping detection within the United States. Their terrorist mission is to defeat America, destroy our values and kill innocent people.”
“Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath dismantles the argument that science should lead to atheism, and demonstrates instead that Dawkins has abandoned his much-cherished rationality to embrace an embittered manifesto of dogmatic atheist fundamentalism.”
“Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.”

Source : Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.
“Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing.”
“Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon our shoulder and this brief message will be given: "Come home.”
“But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by the masses, the political parties and the Trade Unions, by means of the most severe struggle, also inwardly.”
“The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.”

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