"A blaspheming Frenchman is a spectacle more pleasing to the Lord than a praying Englishman."

-- Heinrich Heine

#Praying Quotes #Lord Quotes #Britain Quotes

“Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it!”
“Give people, including yourself, clear permission to make mistakes . . . and to fix the problems. Since nobody's perfect, mistakes should be allowed. Cover-ups shouldn't. Cover-ups create twice the trouble.”
“Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.”
“Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss.”
“How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions?”

Source : Kenneth C. Davis (2009). “Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned”, p.18, Harper Collins
“Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.”
“Forget the suffering You caused others. Forget the suffering Others caused you. The waters run and run, Springs sparkle and are done, You walk the earth you are forgetting. Sometimes you hear a distant refrain. What does it mean, you ask, who is singing? A childlike sun grows warm. A grandson and a great-grandson are born. You are led by the hand once again. The names of the rivers remain with you. How endless those rivers seem! Your fields lie fallow, The city towers are not as they were. You stand at the threshold mute.”
“In 1776, 1950, or now, there's never been a golden age of liberty, and there never will be. People who value freedom will always have to defend it from those who claim the right to wield power over others. ... And, in today's world, that means more than a musket by the door. It means being an active citizen.”

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