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It seems to me quite disastrous that the idea should have got about that Christianity is an other-worldly, unreal, idealistic kind of religion that suggests… — Dorothy L. Sayers
There is a strange idea aboard, held by all monetary cranks, that credit is something a banker gives to a man. Credit, on the contrary,… — Henry Hazlitt
If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out. Be… — Criss Jami
Jonathan Wells has done us all - the scientific community, educators, and the wider public - a great service. In Icons of Evolution he has… — Dean H. Kenyon
He came to give His life for the sins of mankind, not to take life. Mohammad on the contrary was a warrior and killed many… — Franklin Graham
AgentialÂ realism is not a manifesto, it does not take for granted that all is or will or can be made manifest. On the contrary, it… — Karen Barad
May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty… — Ralph Thomas Walker
While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of… — B. H. Liddell Hart
We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate… — Paul Valery
Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind through understanding the… — Kathleen McDonald
Anyone can achieve something important. Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve. — Ernie J Zelinski
Understand that workaholics aren't productive people. Quite the contrary. A workaholic is someone who takes twice as much time to accomplish half as much as… — Ernie J Zelinski
Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is a… — Jacob G. Hornberger
It is not hateful to say that an immoral action is sinful. On the contrary, the most compassionate thing we can do is help people… — Thomas J. Paprocki
This is a key point which the secularists are missing: they think that stressing God's mercy means that sins are no longer sins. On the… — Thomas J. Paprocki
It's the notion that there is no perfection - that there is a broken world and we live with broken hearts and broken lives but… — Leonard Cohen
Many flatter themselves and consider themselves to be good, humble, and meek, but they will discover the contrary under temptation. Do not not become despondent… — Tikhon of Zadonsk
Contrary to popular belief, the moment we land in Heaven we don't immediately know everything! If we did, we'd be God Himself - all-knowing. — David Berg
There are almost unlimited possibilities for making discoveries and to uncover the unknown. It is in the nature of the discovery that it can not… — Bengt I. Samuelsson
Knowing about reincarnation helps us relax. It assists us with an understanding of death and dying. Death is not an end, quite the contrary. — Frederick Lenz

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