We can ignore reality but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand
All sins are attempts to fill voids. Simone Weil
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr
Social engineering is always preceded by verbal engineering. Bill Muehlenberg
I have met many ex-homosexuals – but I have never met an ex-black. Ken Hutcherson (black)
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. CS Lewis
[The Judeo-Christian revolution] consisted of forcing the sexual genie into the marital bottle. It ensured that sex no longer dominated society, heightened male-female love and sexuality…and began the arduous task of elevating the status of women. Dennis Prager
Control language and you control thought; control thought and you control action; control action and you control the world. Peter Kreeft
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. Pericles
As man forgets God, the noose on the neck of mankind grows tighter. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. CS Lewis .
Myths which damage: Everything interesting in life is illegal, immoral or fattening Anon
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Wendy Mass
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. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvellous, intoxicating. Simone Weil
Man and woman are complementary. They are not just different, they match. J Budziszewski
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
Areas you do not confront will never remain silent. Lisa Bevere
We don’t break the Commandments, we break ourselves on them. The Victorians
Be the change you want to see in the world. Mohandas Gandhi
People without hope won’t take action. If you want to help someone give them hope. Zig Ziglar
Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Jesus (Revelation 22)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. Han Suyin
Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill
There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’ CS Lewis
To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means …acting to please God, in the ancient language. Jordan Peterson
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill
Not one thing in your life is more important than figuring out how to live in the face of unspoken pain. Ann Voskamp
The twin [media] processes of saturation and suppression, if diligently applied, can produce the illusion of a public opinion shift. Stella Morabito
The people who hanged Christ never …accused him of being a bore – on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium. Dorothy Sayers
Reticence to speak creates that Spiral of Silence public opinion scholar Elisabeth Noelle Neuman wrote about in the 1980s: ‘the climate of opinion depends upon who talks and who keeps quiet’. Stella Morabito
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. Ann Voskamp
Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do it with the approval of their own conscience. CS Lewis
Evil people exploit good people by persuading them that it is wrong to call evil by its name. James Hitchcock
You [God] never abandon what You have begun: Make perfect my imperfections. Augustine
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai Stevenson
The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man – and the dogma is the drama. Dorothy Sayers
You are whatever you love. Ann Voskamp
Conservatives, engage in those polarized, gridlocked places… Don’t bother with talking points, because the purpose is not to win the argument but to simply …put a human face on your beliefs. Stella Morabito
The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it. Jordan Peterson
If you’re going through h*** keep going. Winston Churchill
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. David Hume
Sexual behaviour is the best index of the moral life of a society, because it is the best way of gauging the degree to which people exercise self-discipline. James Hitchcock
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.. CS Lewis
No matter what they’re saying, everyone’s asking, ‘Can you just love me?’ Ann Voskamp
There will never be a problem if one keeps clear of where the problem is. John Nolland
We are what we believe we are. CS Lewis
Who will enable me to find rest in You? Who will grant me that You come to my heart and intoxicate it, so that I forget my evils, and embrace my one and only good, Yourself? Augustine
If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self. Jordan Peterson
Never be afraid of broken things—because Christ is redeeming everything. Ann Voskamp