Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
04190 – Telling the Truth (or Not)
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03472 – Take the Risk
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
03017 – Guilty!
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.-----------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: Every person is guilty of all the good he or she did not do.
02997 -Believing What We Want to Believe
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.-----------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: The human brain is a complex organ with the...
02933 – Beliefs and Injustices
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. from Questions sur les Miracles
02806 – Begin & End with the Simple
One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence.
02805 – Throwing Stones?
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
01327 – Jesus’ Followers
This again is a great contradiction: though he [Jesus] was a Jew, his followers were not Jews.
01083 – Be Careful What You Believe
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
01030 – Knowing Nothing
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.