"The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there."

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Source : Bart D. Ehrman (2011). “Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are”, p.4, Harper Collins

Bart D. Ehrman

#Want Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Evidence Quotes

“Following Christ is a daily thing, not just a one-time thing”
“Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.”
“These tabloid magazines - I think they're hideous and the downfall of society.”
“As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.”
“Sometimes I sing very honestly, really as moving as possible.”
“Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any truth to the rumor that he had no formal education beyond the age of eleven? In any event, is he able to construct a simple English sentence? Do his participles dangle? When moved to lyricism, does he write "I had a fun time"? Was he ever arrested for burglary? I don't know that you will prove anything this way, but it is perfectly harmless and quite soothing.”
“Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despise us.”

Source : Theodor Herzl (1962). “The diaries of Theodor Herzl”
“Peace visits not the guilty mind.”

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