"Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism……" — Gerry Spence
"Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in."
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38 Quotes by Gerry Spence
Gerry Spence has 38 quotes on this site.
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Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of…
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To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
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When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others,…
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How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?
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Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
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The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve…
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When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such…
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The so-called godly man may be more likely to do serious wrong than a man who deeply questions himself. The…
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Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the…
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The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that…
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I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out…
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My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be…
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More Cleanliness Quotes
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Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid…
— Anthony Burgess
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Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
— Geoffrey Chaucer
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Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
— Jean Anouilh
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People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap,…
— David Brooks
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In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.
— Joseph Joubert
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Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.
— Carl Van Vechten
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If cleanliness is next to godliness, surely our cats must go to heaven and sit on the arm of God's…
— Jerry Climer
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But to fly is just like swimming. You do not forget easily. I have been on the ground for more…
— Unknown Author
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I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the…
— Florence Nightingale
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The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms…
— Florence Nightingale
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Morality, like physical cleanliness, is not acquired once and for all: it can only be kept and renewed by a…
— Unknown Author
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