Pomii Fructiferi Quotes & Sayings

Trouthe is the hyest thyng that man may kepe. — Geoffrey Chaucer

We believe that this human life is a great gift, that every part of it is designed by God and therefore means something, that every part of it is blessed by God and therefore to be enjoyed, that every part is accompanied by God and therefore workable. — Eugene H. Peterson

Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever. — George Berkeley

The Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon. — Noam Chomsky

Silence is the snare of the demon, and the more one keeps silent, the more terrifying the demon becomes. — Soren Kierkegaard

The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors' rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science. — Julian Schwinger