Favourite Quotes — oldest first
All favourite quotes, sorted by the date of the original post (oldest first).
Jip and Janneke are best friends forever.
Every day is an adventure with friends.
Laughter is the best game.
Helping hands make happy hearts.
Friends make every day bright.
Iedereen die hulp nodig heeft, krijgt hulp van Pluk.
Dikkertje Dap klom op de trap, ‘s morgens vroeg om kwart over zeven.
Een echte kat hoort niet in een mensenhuis, maar buiten op het dak.
I make the world as I please.
The sea is my home.
No island is too far.
A strong boat and brave hearts can face any storm.
Set sail with courage, and the wind will guide you.
Heroes rise when others need help.
Sharp eyes see what others miss.
Full speed ahead to victory.
Stay the course, no matter the waves.
Good voyage brings new horizons.
Cast off and discover.
Light reveals hidden secrets.
Action calls, and we answer.
Het is een bijzonder kind, en dat is-ie!
Face the waves head-on.
Een goede grap kost niemand een traan.
Cheers to victories big and small.
Favourites earn their place.
Een dorp is wat zijn mensen ervan maken.
Hard work wins the prize.
If you want them to fly south, you have to show them the way.
Luck favours the prepared.
Klein begin, groot hart.
Bravo for bold actions.
Good morning, Keteldorp! The post is here and so am I.
Holidays bring endless fun.
De wereld is groot, maar een vriend maakt haar kleiner.
Festivals unite us all.
Do not worry, I will keep our village safe and smiling!
Keep things tip top for best results.
Een zoon erft meer dan zijn naam.
Help comes swift to those in need.
What a fine day to see the world and post a cheerful word along the way!
A new coat for everyone, and a smile stitched into every seam!
True friends stand by you.
Fear nothing, achieve everything.
Charge ahead with vigour.
What a fine day for a spot of fishing!
Always ready for the call.
Today we will all celebrate together, and nobody shall be left out!
Strike when the moment comes.
Tackle tasks with heart.
What a fine office I have today, with trees for walls and the sky for a roof.
Clear the way for adventure.
Set out to new lands.
Come along, good dog, the whole village is waiting for the post!
Hit the target with precision.
Full power forward.
Adventure calls us on.
Do not worry, my friends, for I am quite sure we can put this right together!
Clean ship for smooth sailing.
Leave it to me, friends, for today I am the boss!
To infinity and beyond!
Fix it to make it better.
By Toutatis, we will never surrender.
Forward to new beginnings.
Launch into the unknown.
By Toutatis, we will find that sickle.
With Snuf by my side, I’m never alone.
The road is long, but my heart is light!
Good catch rewards patience.
Flag high for honour.
We must unite to conquer.
Snuf sniffed on, as if he knew the truth was close by.
Storm tests true strength.
Do not worry, my friends, for together we shall come safely through this!
Off to the fields I go, and I shall greet every rabbit on the way.
Snuf growled softly, as if he already knew the castle’s secrets.
We Gauls fear nothing but the sky falling on our heads.
All hands unite in need.
New friends enrich life.
Journeys teach lessons.
We will feast on the best of Gaul.
Snuf stared at the river, as if he could summon the kingfisher himself.
Success follows hard work.
Listen, everyone, today the whole village shall have a song!
Lead the way boldly.
Snuf sniffed the ground, as if he could smell the past.
We will feast on the best of Gaul.
I did not come all this way to be told what I cannot do.
Long live the adventures.
Fresh air, a warm fire and good friends, what more could a happy postman want!
Stand still now, for the camera is rolling and you are the star!
Snuf kept digging, as if he knew not everything that glitters is gold.
A chief must prove his strength.
Help always, without fail.
Sense trouble before it strikes.
By Belenos, this hot water is not bad.
Snuf’s eyes gleamed in the dark, ready to catch the ravens.
Full gas for the chase.
What luck! I knew today would be a good one!
Onto the ice we go, and I shall do my very best!
Snuf looked up, as if the letter was calling him.
Fear makes you fly.
Make fun in every moment.
Wait in ambush for the right time.
Gold awaits the bold seeker.
These Romans are crazy.
Snuf stood firm on the heath, as if he could face the storm itself.
Hold stand against odds.
The sea is so big and blue, and I am so very glad to be here.
With good friends beside me, every day in Keteldorp is a fine one!
You ants think you're so smart, huh? Well, you're not! You're just ants!
These Romans are crazy.
Sail on through all.
True courage stands firm when shadows fall over the land.
Turn the rudder for change.
Straight through the sea.
Come along, team, let us give it our very best and enjoy every minute!
True friends stand together when darkness covers the land.
These Gauls are crazy.
In form for great deeds.
Hand over that deed, Pete. A gold mine is no place for a thief.
Technology's edge cuts both ways in the hands of ambition.
Money is the root of all trouble.
With wind at back.
Pack the bag and off we go, for the whole wide world is waiting!
Good news lifts spirits.
Contribute your part.
Olé! That is how we do things in Hispania.
Make it complete.
A man who has to cheat to win has already lost.
Out here a man rides alone, and that suits me fine.
Leave it to me, we shall soon put this right!
The most dangerous weapon is a well-placed word.
I do not mean to be bad. Things just happen around me.
A horse cannot change his colour, but a crook can be made to change his tune.
We shall keep our eyes open, for an honest village looks after its own!
In Helvetia, even the cuckoo clocks run on time.
I am older now, so my mischief is older too.
A man who cheats at cards is a man who has already lost.
The most dangerous conquest is the one that looks like a gift.
Anchors away! A fine day for a sail and a song.
They are my sons all right. I would know that look anywhere.
The Daltons are fast, but I have never seen a man outrun his own wanted poster.
Step right up, everyone, there is a treasure here for each of us!
A Gaul's word is his bond, even after too much wine.
Watch closely. Now you see it, and now you do not.
That bottle cures nothing, and you know it.
I foresee a great feast, with much boar.
If a silly tumble brings a laugh, then I shall gladly tumble all day long!
A boy can lose his country for a while, but he does not have to lose his courage.
I do not aim to kill you. I aim to put you out of work.
In Corsica, honour is not a word. It is a way of life.
Up into the clouds I go, and down again with a smile!
There is always room for one more good trick before bedtime.
Those rails will cross the prairie whether you like it or not, mister.
To the rescue! A fireman is always ready to help!
The people have spoken. Now let us feast.
I cannot help it if the proud people make themselves such easy targets.
There is no enemy here, only men too scared to look at each other plainly.
We are not lost. We just do not know where we are.
Old things have wonderful stories to tell, and I should love to hear them all!
I am going to find my father, no matter what.
Up there a boy can see the whole world, and the whole world cannot catch him.
A jury of crooks may judge me, but the truth will still hang you.
Supply and demand, my dear Obelix.
Hello to everyone at home, and a wave from Keteldorp!
We are the cousins of the Daltons, and we have come to settle accounts.
Soon all of Keteldorp shall have a fine place for a happy splash!
Of all the peoples of Gaul, the Belgians are the bravest.
In my court the law says exactly what I want it to say.
A ditch between friends is worse than a wall between enemies.
You never forget kids like Emily, or Andy, but they forget you.
Steady now, my friend, you and I shall be the best of riders before long!
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger; Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had.
Half this town did not exist at breakfast, and already someone is selling the other half.
Down the snowy slope I slide, and what a merry ride it is!
Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight.
This black liquid is more precious than gold.
In case I do not see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
I will get Lucky Luke if it is the last thing I do.
Together we can do anything, my friends!
A child changes everything, even for a Gaul.
Child, I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own.
A boat is not a horse, but I will get her home all the same.
His singing is awful, but today it might save a kingdom.
What a fine day this is, surrounded by ponies and good friends!
Things never happen the same way twice.
When I get my hands on Lucky Luke, he will be sorry he was ever born.
Up I go, and if I fall I shall simply climb back on and laugh.
The secret weapon is not what you expect.
Courage, dear heart.
Black gold makes men forget every law except the one that says grab it first.
Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.
Even the strongest can fall when they take too much.
Never fear, friends, our little Keteldorp shall come through just fine!
You have forgotten why you fight, yet you still load your guns each morning.
All find what they truly seek.
This honour belongs to all my dear friends in Keteldorp as much as to me!
Put down that lollipop, Billy. Your shooting days are over.
Do not fret, dear friends, for we shall sort this out together!
These hills belong to the people who already live here.
No need to fret, I shall find a way out of this!
The cold in Canada is honest. It bites everyone, even men named Jones.
A little harmless trick now and then keeps a village smiling!
She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. It can never be a long time ago.
It was a treat, every minute of that day. They stayed out as long as they could, and then they ate supper, and then Father played the fiddle.
We are honest men now, and do not you forget it.
There were so many stars that Laura could not find any of the constellations. The sky was full of glittering stars.
A ghost, you say? Well, let us go and say hello to it.
The creek was singing to itself down below and the wind went by overhead. It was all so quiet and peaceful.
We go west, and we go together, or we do not go at all.
Mothers always know best, even when they do not.
The lake lay smooth and bright blue in the sunshine, and beyond it the prairies stretched away, a soft green carpet to the sky.
A secret in Keteldorp? How wonderful, let us go and find it out!
The snow was coming. Pa said it was too dangerous to go to school. The blizzard wind was blowing so hard you could not see your hand before your face.
This town has been empty for years. A little gold will not fill it again.
Laura thought how happy she was, and the thought came into her mind that this was the way to be happy, to go on wanting everything and getting what you need.
Lost? Never! A happy postman always finds the road back home!
It was a wonderful, beautiful drive. The whole world was glittering with the light of the sun on the snow.
We are reformed men now, Averell. Stop trying to rob the collection box.
It would be a fight to win out in this country, but strangely she felt her courage rising.
Slow down on the lane, friends, and then let us float to the clouds!
We came to Mansfield in a wagon. All we owned in the world was in that wagon.
It takes more courage to keep the peace than to sound the charge.
I could spend days at the Fair and not see half of it. It is simply wonderful.
You can run, Billy, but you are still walking to that courtroom.
I love it when a plan comes together.
A fence is not war. It is a man saying this is mine.
This is the day we have been waiting for.
I do not need a husband, a parasol or a curtsy. I need a fast horse and a clear shot.
I always felt we tried to go a bridge too far.
The operation was a gamble from the start.
They have crossed the border, but so can I.
Hold on tight. This coach is not stopping for anyone.
Out here a gentleman still needs to know which end of the horse to mount.
Nothing is more necessary than the unnecessary.
In Dalton City the only law is mine, Averell, so put that cake down.
You steal from the rich and keep it all, so spare me the talk of the poor.
Kitty!
That is what you do in a herd. You look out for each other.
The show will go on, even if I have to crack the whip myself.
Madness! Madness!
Times are hard for dreamers.
There is a way round this canyon, Colonel. There is always a way round.
A mother does not raise four boys this fine just to watch a cowboy spoil them.
Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window.
A man is not guilty just because there is money on his head.
Your Highness, danger is not a thing you should order like supper.
Keep that dog alive, Lucky Luke, or the whole fortune is mine.
Trouble in this country comes in small parcels, but it comes often.
The best performance in this troupe is the one that happens offstage.
Tell me about your mother, Joe, and then we shall discuss this bank.
An emperor with no enemies is just a man in a fancy coat.
A man can send his words a thousand miles now, so long as nobody cuts the wire first.
There is gold under this rock, and it is ours.
The machine does not cheat. That is exactly why some men hate it.
I have been shot, Bough." "No, sir. You have not.
Madame, the West is dangerous, but I believe you can hold any audience.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
A rope is a clumsy way to find the truth, gentlemen.
A town can build a church and a saloon in a day, but law takes a little longer.
You will always remember this as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.
I did not steal your watch. I merely borrowed it before you noticed it was gone.
Four touchdowns in one game at Polk High.
Print the truth and let the guilty squirm.
I will have my wedding, and you four will sit up straight and eat your stew.
Twelve jurors and one judge, and the money is ours.
Even in a small village, every day holds a story.
He is from Barcelona.
I have faced many things in the West, but never a ghost that needed dusting.
Just keep swimming.
One hard jolt and there will be nothing left of us but a loud bang.
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
This is the navy, Mr Maturin. There is no room for a man who does not do his duty.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
I arranged a small fright for you, miss. You arranged a large one for me.
There is always hope.
The more you know who you are and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
The mail will go through, no matter who blows up the road ahead.
I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!
I do not remember robbing that bank, marshal. I do not even remember my own name.
Any man with a collection like this is a man who's never set foot on a battlefield. To him, a war is just something to add to his display case.
There is no great loss without some small gain.
I am no ghost, and the men who say so will wish they were.
Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.
A man waits all his life to retire, and the Daltons book the same day to stop him.
We were on a break!
Earn this.
That bridge will stand, whatever you throw at it.
I am tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain.
When I grow up, I am going to keep the whole West in order.
I don't know how to thank you.
Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
A lady so generous with bail must expect a little gratitude in return.
What we do in life echoes in eternity.
Up here gold is easy to find, my friend. It is keeping it that costs your life.
I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible.
Everyone in this town wants the last word, and most aim to say it with a gun.
The white man makes noises to confuse the eye.
I may be small, but I learn fast, and I will learn how to catch you.
A bank is built on trust, dear nephews. Try to remember that.
There is no spoon.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
The division seems rather unfair. You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?
A town with no bank, no saloon and no money is not paradise. It is a punishment.
Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes.
I am too old for this.
I will paint that chief if it is the last thing I do.
When everyone's super, no one will be.
Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!
Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!
Those are not the real Daltons. The real ones are far less charming.
It has just been revoked.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age.
Money may buy this valley, but it will never buy me.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
Close to retirement. So close.
All men are not created equal.
Did he just say Grand Central Station, or did he say my house?
We are not too old for this.
What is it with you people? You think not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Even the smallest star shines in the darkness.
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
I would have preferred not to have been there.
The sky may fall, but we still have our potion.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
You do not need to pretend to be something you are not.
Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.
Every civilisation finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
Do you fear death?
If you can not find your way home, you will always be lost.
A wife or a rope, Joe? At least with a wife you still get supper.
I never knew this would happen. To fear the liberation.
Power is not in the wealth you hold, but in the secrets you control.
Life is always like this.
Justice doesn't rest until the guilty pay.
Trust is a luxury you can’t afford when the truth wears a mask.
Survival demands action, not hope.
In a world of lies, the truth is a weapon you wield at your own peril.
The past always catches up, ready or not.
Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals the corruption that was always there, waiting for its chance.
Blind spots kill more than enemies.
In the jungle, trust is a shadow, move too fast, and it vanishes.
It is not about living forever. It is about living with yourself forever.
Heat reveals the cracks in lies.
In war, loyalty is a currency spent quickly, and truth is a luxury no one can afford.
Failure isn't an option when lives hang.
In a world run by lunatics, the only sane plan is one that’s completely insane.
Persuasion comes from strength, not words.
Secrets buried in the past have a way of clawing their way to the surface, no matter how deep you hide them.
From the moment I met her I loved her. And I will love her until the day I die.
Enemies hide in plain sight among allies.
The most dangerous lies are the ones written in ink, masquerading as fiction.
Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.
One shot changes everything.
The sins of the father are a shadow you can’t outrun, but you can choose how to face them.
The hard way teaches the best lessons.
In our trade, trust is a bullet you load with care, knowing it might be aimed at your own heart.
Luck runs out; skill endures.
The past is a shadow you can’t outrun, but you can learn to fight it on your own terms.
The mind is a weapon, but it’s useless if you don’t know who’s aiming it.
The past is a ghost that hunts you, but only you decide if it catches you.
The world is a mosaic of lies, and the truth is the piece that doesn’t fit.
In the world of the professional killer, there is no room for mistakes, only for perfection.
I am not going to do what you want. I am going to do what is right.
The most dangerous enemies are those who wear the masks of allies.
I am Iron Man.
Ambition can soar like Icarus, but it’s the hidden hands that clip the wings.
I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy at the counter weighs two hundred fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?
The past is never dead, it lies in wait, ready to strike those who think they’ve escaped it.
In a world ruled by fools, the only way to win is to out-crazy the crazies.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Get some rest, Pam. You look tired.
In the world of the hired gun, loyalty is a luxury, and survival is the only currency that matters.
In the game of shadows, the most dangerous player is the one who believes their cause is just.
Do you even know why you're supposed to kill me? Look at us. Look at what they make you give.
The shadows of the past can eclipse the future if we let them.
Old enemies never truly die; they simply reinvent themselves.
In a crisis, the worst decisions are made by those who think they have no choice.
Fear spreads faster than any virus, but courage can outrun both.
A vote should be won with words, not with a loaded pistol.
You are one in a million.
Trust is the deadliest weapon in the arsenal of deception.
In the end, it’s not the plan that wins; it’s the man who sees the flaw in it.
With nothing to lose, fight harder.
A single spark can ignite the world's destruction.
WALL·E!
In the game of secrets, the smallest slip can unravel the grandest plan.
History's victors rewrite the past to control the future.
Technology's edge cuts both ways in the hands of ambition.
Redemption comes at the price of truth.
In a negotiation, the man who cares less always wins, unless the other side has a gun to your head.
Love in wartime is the ultimate betrayal of self.
Memory is the chain that binds us to reality.
In our trade, the truth is a currency you spend sparingly, and lies are the coin you mint with care.
Ends justify means only if the ends are just.
I am a parent now. I have responsibilities.
In war, the truth is often the first casualty, but it’s the last hope for victory.
Power is a mirror that flatters those who hold it.
A movement is only as honest as the men who lead it.
In a land where truth is a casualty, the cleverest liar often wears the crown.
Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries endures for a reason.
A weapon you cannot see is the one most worth fearing.
Fifty years and still no Roman has beaten us.
The heart is a labyrinth, and only the brave or the foolish dare to navigate its depths.
Tomorrow vanishes if you ignore today.
Adventure is out there!
De Cock, with cee, oh, cee, kay.
Justice is a dish best served cold, but vengeance is a fire that burns forever.
The trick is to make the enemy destroy himself, while you watch from the shadows.
It always stank in that alley and it always stank in the police station.
He did it only because he felt a little lost on that lonely canal.
Why am I not allowed to go to school today, daddy?
The ice keeps its secrets longer than any vault.
"Dat is het mooie van geluk, het is nooit te laat om het te vinden." (Spoken by Jaap: "That is the beauty of happiness. It is never too late to find it.")
If you could make God bleed, people would cease to believe in him.
De Cock felt sad and melancholy.
Dear detective De Cock I have the serious intention to kill a man.
Time ticks down in the cold.
Peter van Geffel came to a bad end, as his mother had often predicted.
So long, partner.
The canal water stank.
It was exactly twenty-seven minutes after midnight when Juliette van der Wheere was found.
I love it when a plan comes together.
In his young life as a burglar he had already achieved a great deal.
Alex Delszsen felt ill.
A badge is not a licence to lock up the whole country, mister Pinkerton.
Some causes demand sacrifice.
Detective De Cock of the police station on the Warmoesstraat in Amsterdam pushed the door open and hauled his heavy body laboriously out of the red detective car.
It was a sultry midsummer evening in Amsterdam.
Detective De Cock of the venerable police station on the Warmoesstraat in Amsterdam pushed his swivel chair back a little and lifted both legs onto his desk.
The truth is written on all our faces.
It was busy on the Damrak.
Jan-Willem Hoffmann stared with an astonished look at the hand before him, in which a pistol was clenched, the barrel pointed threateningly at him.
I just missed your heart.
Jennifer Jordan ran her hand across her forehead.
A pirate's life is the only life for me.
Richard van Slooten wildly pulled the grey balaclava off his head.
On the finely carved pulpit of the old Westerkerk in Amsterdam there stood a tall, stately minister.
I did not see that coming.
Commissioner Buitendam, the tall, stately chief of the police station on the Warmoesstraat in Amsterdam, beckoned with a slender hand towards the chair in front of his desk.
Courage and madness can wear the same face.
Jean-Paul Stappert stopped at the pedestrian crossing.
I had to pick a side, George. It is just as simple as that.
That is a part of my profession.
The name is English. Johnny English.
The Kennemer dunes are big enough, mind you.
Affairs end, but truth lingers.
Daerthuizen is dead... not because of your justice... but because of mine.
The coarse gravel crunched under his feet.
We must go on. There is no other way.
I wonder where you are taking me this time.
Now and then he blinked up at a generous sun.
There is a dead woman in that car.
But Mosie the herring man was dead and in his basement in the middle of the alley there was now a garish sex joint, where exotic women from distant lands brought in plenty of custom.
Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day.
It was as if strange impulses, coming from far away, pricked at the sensitive ends of his nerves.
Circus is not about the act you do. Circus is about the people you do it with.
There is zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.
There is nothing I would not do for my family.
He pushed back the sleeve of his raincoat, looked at his watch and saw that, as usual, he was a good half hour late.
Everybody lies.
Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.
The face of the young constable seemed vaguely familiar to him.
A man who works for himself answers to a hard master.
What is your name? he asked pleasantly. Jan, Jan Schouten.
Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship.
You go off the reservation, I will not come after you.
He stood up, looked above the narrow gable fronts across the street at a clear sickle shaped moon in a cloudless sky, and closed the window.
A million dollars, and the gang is mine. Honestly or not, I do not care which.
The sweet swaying gave him a cheerful feeling of carefree gladness.
Wanted men run, but can't hide.
A thick grey blanket of cloud leaned low upon the roofs of the city and clung clammily to centuries old gable fronts.
I know you doubt me. I know you always have. I often think of Bag End. That is where I belong. That is home. You do not have one. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can.
It was a boyhood dream of mine to one day also stand before the class.
You can find the truth. But you have to want it more than anything else.
Vledder, his young assistant, looked up at him with a laugh.
A grudge is a fire that needs no fuel but memory.
A tourist attraction of international fame.
If you do not challenge their narrative, you accept their truth.
You still have a good memory for faces.
My armour was never a distraction or a hobby. It was a cocoon.
There he lay in the rain, mud on his good suit.
No nagging from a know-it-all commissioner.
Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Let one smother the growing evil betimes at its birth
When nine people agree on something, the tenth man must assume they are wrong and find the flaw.
The files are bursting out of it.
The cleanest cage is still a cage.
It filled him with satisfaction.
There is an old saying in the covert world: if you want to keep something secret, do not try to hide it because some reptile from the press will sniff it out. Give it a harmless name and a thoroughly boring job description.
Down below at an angle in the narrow Heintje Hoekssteeg a man stood urinating against a wall.
It was a quarter to eleven and at eleven his shift would end.
In Caledonia, the weather is always a challenge and so are the people.
Going back reveals new paths.
Assault is a serious crime, but a murder takes priority.
I am fire. I am death.
De Cock always waddled.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Help! Somebody help me!
Surely they cannot mean that?
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
If one can see through a lie at once, as with those pike standing in line, there is no harm in it.
The ones that love us never really leave us.
That is the snag, with at least half of our arrested suspects... completely innocent in the cell.
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
A day without the Warmoesstraat station is a day of complete relaxation.
The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
Fighting against crime is a quixotry, born of a naive longing to banish evil for ever, but in fact a foolish battle against windmills.
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
What sensible girl still wants a detective for a husband? A meagre salary and out and about day and night.
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
We never really die.
We are Groot.
Kefa is the Aramaic word for rock.
I am going to need a hacksaw.
I used to work alone a great deal, but then you do miss a critical voice that forces you to think.
The thing about a mirror is this: The one person who'll never see what it reflects is the one holding it.
Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?
The only covenant I want to make with Adelheid is love and mutual respect.
People keep asking if I am back. Yeah, I am thinking I am back.
I have guarded these four for years, and now I must guard them from a child.
I have read worse accounts by Baantjer.
If we are kind and polite, the world will be right.
Personal grudges cut deepest.
A hostage is only the start of the price.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Sometimes I feel like a kind of village idiot on wheels.
The shift was almost over.
The ones I love will know what I did. I hope that love is enough to forgive me.
How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.
It disturbed his train of thought.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
We are not soldiers. But this is what we must do.
Murders of well known and popular people always cause a great deal of fuss.
There is no such thing as psychics.
I am big enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself.
The times had changed.
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
Without crime we would have no work.
Detective De Cock of the venerable police station on the Amsterdam Warmoesstraat rolled his chair back a little and looked at Vledder with a smile.
A door that opens both ways is no defence at all.
Are you in a bad mood?
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that is what gets you.
De Cock enjoyed it intensely.
It is stifling in here.
Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems.
The shoelaces of the dead man are tied together and the fingers of his folded hands are stuck together with strong glue.
The truth always finds a way out, even from Caesar's desk.
Curiosity makes you or breaks you.
Those parliamentarians all put the whole money in their own pockets. I wonder that millions of people like you here don't stand up with torches und pitchforks in front of those parlamatarian barrel joints: What are you doing with our money?
The next mistake our governments make could be the last one.
Pride is the slowest fuse, and the longest burning.
What is a weekend?
I do not understand people. But I understand what they do to each other.
Do you know what love is? Whatever you do to a person, they still come back.
When the lead starts flying, you do what you can to stay alive.
The end of the world is a good time to tell people how you feel.
You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every moment of every day. I know, because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people, people like you. Crimes the government considered irrelevant. They wouldn't act, so I decided I would. But I needed a partner, someone with the skills to intervene. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You'll never find us, but victim or perpetrator, if your number's up, we'll find you.
I know who I am. I remember everything.
I gave my word I would see your family safely west.
Night falls, secrets rise.
Humans were always far better at inventing tools than at using them wisely.
I am not a psychopath, Anderson. I am a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
Rules. Without them, we live with the animals.
Keep the emotions real. That is how you survive.
We cling to memories as if they define us. But what we do is what defines us.
To think that people can change other people.
He may have been your father, boy, but he was not your daddy.
The dead have taken command of the sea.
It's not over until lightning strikes.
All roads lead to Rome, but only the fastest wins.
If you are kind and polite, the world will be right.
She does not miss things. She sees what we do not.
Lines cross at midnight.
We must be willing to abandon the life we planned in order to have the life that is waiting for us.
Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognise as food.
The old ways are the best ways.
Anger clouded judgement, defeated logic, obscured clarity. When things went wrong, an intelligent man needed all three.
I have guarded gold and cattle, but never a lady this size.
Past tenses the present.
In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.
The theatre of the real is the only theatre that matters.
I am not good with people. But I am good at this.
The battle for America’s future begins where ideas are shaped: our campuses.
In this city, everyone is watching everyone. The trick is knowing who is watching you.
I am not crazy. My mother had me tested.
He has to die." "No. He has to want to die.
You can bring him to justice, but you cannot make him feel it.
I am not a toy. I was made for soups, salads, maybe chili, and then the trash.
I have known a great many things in my life, but the sweetest is to see you happy.
The man who went is not the man who comes back.
Youth does not wait for permission to act.
Blue moons bring rare chances.
Diplomacy is not the art of winning. It is the art of finding a way forward that everyone can live with.
Own your morning. Elevate your life.
They did not invade us. They just never left.
People walk around acting like they know what they want. But they do not. They are all asleep.
I have spent my whole life speaking to God. I am no longer sure He is listening.
The role of government should be so small that it is barely noticeable.
I see what happened here. I just need the rest of you to catch up.
To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open.
I missed something once before. I will not miss it again. I cannot let that happen again. It was a turning point for me.
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart.
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future.
One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world.
This land belongs to the people who worked it, not to me.
Sentinels guard against unseen foes.
We must voluntarily confront the unknown, or it will confront us involuntarily, and that is not a good thing.
I can't think of any branch of medicine outside of cosmetic surgery where the patient makes the diagnosis and prescribes the treatment.
America’s future depends on returning to the principles that made it great.
I shall farm it myself.
Some creatures are not meant to be caged.
Better dead than compromised.
I did not ask to be made this way.
I am not that person any more.
Every end is a beginning. You just do not know it at the time.
You should never tell a psychopath they are a psychopath. It upsets them.
Every life contains many millions of decisions. Some big, some small. But every time one decision is taken over another, the outcomes differ.
College has become a racket, selling degrees that cost a fortune and deliver little.
Loving animals is a fine thing, friend, but a town still has to eat.
No backup plan means full commitment.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms, to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
Don’t start a company unless you can’t not do it.
Those who cling to death live, and those who cling to life die.
I am done running.
You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers.
Be curious, not judgmental.
I am a criminal. Criminals are notorious liars. Everything about me is a lie.
I do not just look at the data. I look at the people behind the data.
We will fight. We have no choice.
Peace is only real when you choose it yourself.
Every time I go in, I leave a piece of myself behind.
Secrets kill when unearthed.
I protect the hive.
Evil is an equal-opportunity employer, thriving in the shadows of our indifference.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the will to act despite it.
I am not a baby. I am a physicist.
To walk out of His will is to walk into nowhere.
In wartime even beauty can be stolen and truth can be forged.
Freedom demands we stand up to those who would silence us.
And on that terrible disappointment, it is time to end not just this episode, but this series, and in fact this show, forever.
If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day.
Just because you are here, it does not mean you have to be this way.
We promised our father we would stay together. We will do everything to keep that promise.
I do not want to be liked. I want to be effective.
A town without its beer is a town spoiling for a fight.
Home is not where you come from. It is where you are loved.
Deep waters hide deadly currents.
If you want to be strong, you have to go to the gym. If you want to be successful, you have to work hard. There are no shortcuts.
Do not count on motivation; it is fleeting and unreliable. Instead, count on discipline, because discipline is consistent, dependable, and the true driver of success.
Leaders must lead, and the best leaders are those who take ownership of everything in their world, including the mistakes and failures.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. (Exodus 33:15)
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.” (Leviticus 17:11)
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (Numbers 6:24–26)
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. (Deuteronomy 31:6)
Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” (Joshua 1:9)
You start to die the moment you are born.
“And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.” (Judges 2:1)
The truth is harsh, but better than a lie.
“The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.” (Ruth 2:12)
He had a tough, unemotional, ironic attitude to his work. The world was full of hard, cold men who got the job done, and he was one of them.
“For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
The difference between a good and a poor gambler is that a good gambler makes the same mistake only once.
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. (Second Samuel 22:2-3)
This is a game that moves as it is played, and we are the pieces.
The war had turned everything upside down, and yet here they were, playing at being normal.
Europe is committing suicide. Or at least its leaders have decided to commit suicide. Whether the European people choose to go along with this is, naturally, another matter.
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
The first law for a secret agent is to get his geography right, his means of access and exit, and assure his communications.
You trained me to find patterns. I found one.
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.
The blubbery arms of the soft life had Bond round the neck and they were slowly strangling him.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
The odds are long, but the stakes are the highest.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
I was caught up in a mixture of heaven and hell, and the dividing line between the two was 007.
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
You only live twice: once when you are born, and once when you look death in the face.
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.
Life is a moment-to-moment affair, and only the brave taste it fully.
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.
The difference between a good shot and a bad one is a matter of milliseconds, instinct, not thought.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)
The frontier is where the real test of a man lies, not in the safety of the known.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
All human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
We are going through a great crowd derangement. In public and in private, both online and off, people are behaving in ways that are increasingly irrational, feverish, herd-like and simply unpleasant.
A culture that allows the concept of ‘safety’ to creep so far that it equates emotional discomfort with physical danger is a culture that encourages people to systematically protect one another from the very experiences embedded in daily life that they need in order to become strong and healthy.
In a land where truth is a casualty, the cleverest liar often wears the crown.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, Because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: Great is thy faithfulness.
Conscience is the voice of God, urging us to aim upward despite chaos.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
A family today with two stay-at-home parents faces a lower risk of financial collapse than a family with two working parents thirty years ago.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
I could not comprehend the justice or the mercy that allowed me to be sold into bondage.
The world does not stop because we wish it would.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
When we have been prevented from learning how to say no, our bodies may end up saying it for us.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Never before in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged - and yet so empty.
The authoritarian left has spent decades suppressing the ideas of those who disagree with them by using people's inherent desire for conformity.
The mind holds secrets that could unlock eternity.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
We’re all running from pain. The trick is to run toward something worth running to.
I swore to myself that if I could save even one life, I would.
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
I am not finished.
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
If there is no God, then everything is permitted.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
I am a woman. I am a mother. I am Italian. I am Christian. You will not take that away from me.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
The devil’s most devastating weapon is not persecution; it is deception.
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.
I feel like I could disappear and no one would notice.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one; the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Democracies must fight death cults to live.
Travelling is better than the arrival at the destination.
Empathy becomes toxic when it encourages you to affirm sin, validate lies or support destructive policies.
So self-acceptance does not mean self-admiration or even self-liking at every moment of our lives, but tolerance for all our emotions, including those that make us feel uncomfortable.
Do you know why it happened here? Because people let it happen.
This book isn't about battling your not-enoughness; it's about embracing it.
It is beneficial if a model overestimates attackers’ capabilities because it helps anticipate future attack techniques — only the paranoid cryptographers survive.
Negotiation is not an act of battle; it is a process of discovery.
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'
We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
The weakest of my people does not fear death. It is the Bent One, the lord of your world, who wastes your lives and befouls them with flying from what you know will overtake you in the end.
This is the glory and the terror of it: that every choice is for ever.
The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint. It is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices.
When equality is treated not as a medicine or a safety-gadget but as an ideal we begin to breed that stunted and envious sort of mind which hates all superiority.
You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet.
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.
The pacifist position, if consistently held, would make it impossible for a Christian to serve as a policeman, to punish a child, or even to defend his own mother from a murderer.
The feeling I mean is of course that which prompts a man to say ‘I’m as good as you.’ The first and most obvious advantage is that you thus make him proud of what he is not. The second is that it discourages him from trying to become what he might be.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture.
Jesus is the only way to God because he is God. He is not merely a prophet or a good teacher. He is the eternal Son of God who took on human flesh.
The Westminster Confession of Faith is the most precise and comprehensive summary of the Christian faith ever written by uninspired men.
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
A society dies when it cares more about exhibiting infinite tolerance and empathy than invoking its survival instinct.
There is nothing sweeter than a man's own country and his parents, even though he has a fine house in a foreign land.