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If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#excuses #find #like #novel #novels

Conscience, Christ, and the gift of faith make evil men uneasy in their sin. They feel that if they could drive Christ from the earth, they would be free from "moral inhibitions." They forget that it is their own nature and conscience which makes them feel that way. Being unable to drive God from the heavens, they would drive his ambassadors from the earth. In a lesser sphere, that is why many men sneer at virtue--because it makes vice uncomfortable. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#christianity #conscience #morality #faith

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#difficult #embrace #few #few people #fiction

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#plays #power #revolution #role #to love

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants. ↗

— Harry Browne

#anything #bad #fact #give #giving

Now, I think we can all agree that fear is a motivator. The problem is that fear can motivate us to do the wrong things, too. Fear can make the "saving of our skins" the priority, as it does in this case involving religious pluralism. ↗

— Curtis A. Chamberlain

#faith

Fundamentalism is not motivated by fear. It is motivated by conviction. ↗

— Curtis A. Chamberlain

#faith

O! I shall soon despair, when I shall see That Thou lovest mankind well, yet wilt not choose me, And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me. ↗

— John Donne

#crisis-of-faith #religion #faith

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#authority #calls #eavesdrop #his #international

Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price. ↗

— Harry Browne

#free #get #go #identify #may