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A saint isn't somebody who tries harder, but someone who trusts more.


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In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.

In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.



If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.

If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.



Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.



The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.

The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.



Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.

Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.



One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.



Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts.

Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts.



There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.

There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.



Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemous opposite meaning.

Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemous opposite meaning.



The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.

The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.





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You look at the history of any sentient species and what do you find but tableaux of violence and slaughter. It’s finger-painted on the ceilings of caves and engraved into the walls of temples.



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Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.

Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.




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