"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."

-- Socrates

#People Quotes #Wish Quotes #Might Quotes

“Never have I enjoyed youth so thoroughly as I have in my old age”
“Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and animal that we eat today was bred from a wild, less edible ancestor. If artificial selection can work such profound changes in only ten or fifteen thousand years, what can natural selection do operating over billions of years? The answer is all the beauty and diversity of life.”
“One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.”
“We live in time, it bounds us and defines us, and time is supposed to measure history, isn't it? But if we can't understand time, can't grasp its mysteries of pace and progress, what chance do we have with history--even our own small, personal, largely undocumented piece of it?”
“When you kneel in prayer, don't give God orders, just report to your Commander in Chief for duty.”
“The greatest failure is the failure to try.”
“Am I learning how to use my Bible? The way to become complete for the Masterâ€™s service is to be well soaked in the Bible; some of us only exploit certain passages. Our Lord wants to give us continuous instruction out of His word; continuous instruction turns hearers into disciples.”
“A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.”

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