“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice”
John Calvin
Sunday, April 17, 2011
John Calvin
“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice”
John Calvin
Friday, April 15, 2011
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Mother Night
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor morum over each other. Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth. Let us reflect that it is inhabited by a thousand millions of people. That these profess probably a thousand different systems of religion. That ours is but one of that thousand. That if there be but one right, and ours that one, we should wish to see the 999 wandering sects gathered into the fold of truth. But against such a majority we cannot effect this by force. Reason and persuasion are the only practicable instruments. To make way for these, free enquiry must be indulged; and how can we wish others to indulge it while we refuse it ourselves?
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Frédéric Bastiat
There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming situation. РFr̩d̩ric Bastiat
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