It is certain because it is possible.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

It is certain because it is possible.

Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.

The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.

Christians are made, not born.

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'

The nature of rumor is known to all.

The entire fruit is already present in the seed.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

It is certain because it is impossible.

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

He who flees will fight again.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

Fear is the foundation of safety.

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.

See how these Christians love one another.

Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black coloring. Doubtless they are dissatisfied with God's plastic skill. In their own persons they convict and censure the Artificer of all things.

To forbid birth is only quicker murder. He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.

All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.

All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.

If you think about $7.25 an hour, that's $290 a week. It's inhumane to have that kind of wage.

Teaching needs an ecosystem that supports evidence-based practice. It will need better systems to disseminate the results of research more widely, but also a better understanding of research, so that teachers can be critical consumers of evidence.

Growing up in Oklahoma the way I did, and being raised the way I was raised by my parents, gave me such a strong foundation to go out into the world and fly, so to speak, the way I was able to do.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

All you need to know is that it’s possible.

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes.

We're into this barrage of pop culture - you know, TV, movies, the Internet. We become creatures that we've made up, made of certain different flotsam from pop culture and certain different personas that are in style.

But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.

A person can put up any kind of protective wall, but love and truth always find a way around it.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it's important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can't ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird.

My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.