Conciliatory Propositions Quotes & Sayings

Woe to the person whose words have been detached from their conscience. — Tim Spiess

Still, the car started, so we drove off to the movies. Popcorn happened. Previews, ads, and an annoying kid all went down like clockwork. The picture started and then ended a while later, the world unchanged by its passing. — Adam P. Knave

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee. — Thomas Aquinas

The ego will always be able to find ways to keep the aspirant busy in self-improvement, thus binding him or her to the fact that the self is still there behind all the improvements. For why should the ego kill itself? — Paul Brunton

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's masturbation for writers to be able to write this absolutely outrageous personality, in a character that you somehow agree with, part of the time, at least. — Rie Rasmussen

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught. — Elbert Hubbard

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you. — James Cromwell

A black hole really is an object with very rich structure, just like Earth has a rich structure of mountains, valleys, oceans, and so forth. Its warped space whirls around the central singularity like air in a tornado. — Kip Thorne

Fewer than 5 percent of Danes attend church. In godless Denmark, the national government funds a high quality education for all children, rich and poor alike, while in God-fearing America, education is funded through local property taxes, so neighborhood and income dictate a child's educational opportunities. Add in race and ethnicity factors to create a perfectly stratified school system segregated by educational opportunity. — Frank Schaeffer

As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition. — Christopher Paolini

If you want to get rich with a tax free enterprise that sells nothing, start a church. — Bill Maher

The head knows the goal; and the path is his tool. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann