"I lay down the Position, That whatever a Conscience well directed allows us to do for the Advancement of Truth, an erroneous Conscience will warrant for advancing a suppos'd Truth."

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Source : Pierre Bayle, John Kilcullen, Chandran Kukathas (2005). “A philosophical commentary on these words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23: "Compel them to come in, that My house may be full"”, Liberty Fund Inc.

Pierre Bayle

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“We must rouse in our people the unanimous wish for power in this sense, together with the determination to sacrifice on the altar of patriotism, not only life and property, but also private views and preferences in the interests of the common welfare.”

Source : Friedrich von Bernhardi (1914). “Germany and the Next War”
“When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual”
“[PlayStation 2] is a new canvas for humanity that takes us back to our nature.”

Source : "Here Comes Playstation 2". www.newsweek.com. March 05, 2000.
“Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians. They met upon the third Wednesday of every month and read each other long, dull papers upon the history of English magic.”
“Our virtues are made by love, and our sins caused by the lack of it.”

Source : "Bowl of Saki".
“Isolation of the caretaker role is a real danger. That way lies sadness.”

Source : "Interview with a Plus One". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. February 13, 2015.
“Even when a person suffers pain in consequence of a thorn having entered into his hand, although it is at once drawn out, it is a punishment that has been inflicted on him, and the least pleasure he enjoys is a reward; all this is meted out by strict justice; as is said in the Scripture, "all His ways are judgement" (Deut. xxxii. 4); we are only ignorant of the working of that judgement.”
“Time that weakens all things else has but strengthened the impregnable position of the believer's faith and hope and confidence. And as, year by year, the tree adds another ring to its circumference, every age has added the testimony of its events to this great truth. "The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall endure forever.”

Source : Thomas Guthrie (1862). “The Way to Life: Sermons”, p.107

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